create-virtual-host-in-xampp.md

How to create a virtual host in xampp

Let's say $xampp = 'xampp_installation_directory'

1. Open {$xampp}\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
2. Add following snippet for a normal project

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "{$xampp}\htdocs\project_name"
  ServerName project_name.localhost
  <Directory "F:\xampp\htdocs\project_name">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

4. Add following snippet for a Laravel project

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "{$xampp}/htdocs/project_name/public"
  ServerName project_name.localhost
  <Directory "F:\xampp\htdocs\lara8/project_name">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>