custom php 404

[slash1993]

I try making one and adding it, on cpanel it just dont appear when i misstype purposely on my sites directory,

Its comes up with the default x10 hosting one, HELP?!?:dunno:

Seriously confusing me though it shouldnt...

As i'm pretty good at webbys

P.s. - Not sure if i posted thread in right place...

 

[leafypiggy]

.... 404 errors cannot be handled by php files. they must be handled by shtml files. if you accually used cpanel, it would work...

 

[phpasks]

It is not possible to customize your 404 error page if your web host has not enabled this facility for your website. For example, at the time of this writing, if you host at Geocities or Tripod, you would not be able to customize your 404 Error Page.
If your web host has this facility, you will usually find mention of this somewhere in their documentation. In fact, if they mention somewhere that you can customize a file named ".htaccess", it probably means that you can also customize your 404 File Not Found error page.
The .htaccess file is what Apache web servers use to allow you to fine-tune your web server configurations at a directory level. Other types of web servers handle the customization of 404 error pages differently.