Create a virtual host in xammp windows os

Step 1:

Open httpd.conf file present in C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf
Remove the #(hash) sign present to include the “httpd-vhosts.conf” file in httpd.conf file.


# Virtual hosts
#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

To


# Virtual hosts
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf




Step 2:

Open httpd-vhosts.conf file present in xammp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Create a virtualhost file. Open “httpd-vhosts.conf” file. And copy the below lines of code.




<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName www.wpdev.go

    ServerAlias wpdev.go

    DocumentRoot E:\Web\Xammp\htdocs\wpdev

</VirtualHost>

DocumentRooT  it's your project file path , Save the file.

Step3:

Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Add the below line at the end of the file.

127.0.0.1      wpdev.go

Restart apache server and visit the site URL.

That’s all is needed to set up a virtual host.

Replace wpdev.go with your preferable domain name, here wpdev.go is a domain name

##note:  it's very important that after all this please stop your xammp apache and mysql then start it again.