How do I use https (SSL) in XAMPP while using virtual hosts

Question

I am writing a php app on my local machine and would like to test to see if SSL is working. Bear with me because this is the first time I\'ve ever used SSL.

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Answer 1

SSL, of the HTTPS://url.here/ variety, is entirely handled by Apache and has nothing to do with PHP, or any of PHP's extensions/modules, or any php.ini settings.

A typical SSL Enabled VirtualHost looks like this and contains at least these parts...

    DocumentRoot "C:/WampDeveloper/Websites/www.example.com/webroot"
    ServerName www.example.com
    ServerAlias example.com

    SSLEngine On

    SSLCertificateFile "C:/WampDeveloper/Websites/www.example.com/certs/public.crt"
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:/WampDeveloper/Websites/www.example.com/certs/private.key"

    
        Options All
        AllowOverride All
        order allow,deny
        allow from all
    

(The paths above are from my WampDeveloper Pro set up, Xampp's will be slightly different)

Your line is faulty. It needs a port number, which is always 443 for an HTTPS:// URL, in combination with either an IP address or a star before it. And if using a star, also a NameVirtualHost *:443 line...

NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:443


    DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs"
    ServerName localhost


    DocumentRoot "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_one"
    ServerName project_one.localhost
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile "conf/ssl.crt/server.crt"
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "conf/ssl.key/server.key"
    
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    


    DocumentRoot "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\project_two"
    ServerName project_two.localhost
    
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all