Apache: how to change default page

["Karen Ellrick" <k-ellrick sctech co jp>]

This may be considered off-topic, but I can't seem to find an Apache forum,
and hopefully one of you knows this off the top of your head.

How do I change what file is served by Apache when a user requests a URL
using just our domain name?  The default is always "index.html", but I want
to use a PHP file that determines from browser settings what language the
user prefers and serves the appropriate home page (in fact, I am gradually
converting all my pages to PHP).

If it's not possible to change the default filename to "something.php", then
does anyone know a better bandaid to put in index.html than <meta
HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;URL=gohome.php"> ?  Even though I have the
time set to zero, it still shows the page for a second or two, so everybody
sees the little explanation and link I put in the body to handle the case of
really old browsers.  Once I'm in my PHP world, I can totally control what's
going on, but I need to get there first.

Thanks for putting up with an OT question.

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Karen Ellrick
S & C Technology, Inc.
1-21-35 Kusatsu-shinmachi
Hiroshima  733-0834  Japan
(from U.S. 011-81, from Japan 0) 82-293-2838
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