I want to change XAMPP's htdocs directory. I followed the instructions to create a virtual host from this question:
Make XAMPP/Apache serve file outside of htdocs
this works fine on Windows 7, however when I try it on OSX, going to mysite.local just loads the xampp splash screen (mysite.local/xampp/index.html). I have restarted the web server. My virtual host declared in httpd-vhosts.conf is:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot Users/username/Documents/sitename.com
ServerName sitename.localhost
<Directory Users/username/Documents/sitename.com>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Open the following file in a text editor.
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf
Search for "DocumentRoot", if the line below has a # in front of it than it's commented remove it and change the path between the quote
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs"
Now search for the line below and change the path between the quotes to your needs.
<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs">
NOTICE: Paths similar to ~/ won't work use the absolute path.
If you forward to a directory in your user root, then:
DocumentRoot "/Users/<your username here>/Sites"
<Directory "/Users/<your username here>/Sites">
Other than the answers mentioned above, I also had to change the line in XAMPP/xampfiles/etc/httpd.conf where it mentions username. the default was set to daemon and I changed it to my username; so there was no permission problem.
solved by editing httpd.conf
I have got this working. As per http://www.acwolf.com/blog/2009/February/xampp-virtual-hosts-mac, in OSX it is necessary to make two changes to httpd.conf, first, uncomment
#Include /Applications/xampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
and second, change the user from nobody to the username you use to log into OSX. You may also need to delete your browser's cache.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8060533/how-to-change-xampp-htdocs-directory-in-osx