Why can't I view the public folder of Zend Framework Project?

I recently started learning zend framework. I am trying to access the index.php inside the public folder, but when i test the project using WAMP server in browser, I can't find the public folder in the web root. I can see other folders like applications, library, docs but there isn't any public folder.

Why can't I view the public folder of开发者_开发技巧 Zend Framework Project?

UPDATE my .htacess file inside the /public folder

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

UPDATED You need to enable Apache's mod_rewrite. To do this

• Find the httpd.conf file (usually you will find it in a folder called conf, config or something along those lines)

• Inside the httpd.conf file uncomment the line LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so (remove the pound '#' sign from in front of the line)

• Also find the line ClearModuleList is uncommented then find and make sure that the line AddModule mod_rewrite.c is not commented out.

For Further information, go to the source http://www.astahost.com/info.php/Apache-Tutorial-Enable-Mod_rewrite-Windows_t11623.html

PREVIOUS If you set up your virtual host the default way, i.e.

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "C:/Users/user/www/yourdomain.dev/public"
   ServerName .local

   # This should be omitted in the production environment
   SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development

   <Directory "C:/Users/user/www/yourdomain.dev/public">
       Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride All
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
   </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

You may access the public dir, by:

http://yourdomain.dev/

and files in public dir by:

http://yourdomain.dev/filename.ext

It is all about DocumentRoot.