how to configuring a xampp web server for different root directory

Question

The web directory is the home of all of your application\'s public and static files. Including images, stylesheets and JavaScript files. It is also where the front controlle

Answer 1

In case, if anyone prefers a simpler solution, especially on Linux (e.g. Ubuntu), a very easy way out is to create a symbolic link to the intended folder in the htdocs folder. For example, if I want to be able to serve files from a folder called "/home/some/projects/testserver/" and my htdocs is located in "/opt/lampp/htdocs/". Just create a symbolic link like so:

ln -s /home/some/projects/testserver /opt/lampp/htdocs/testserver

The command for symbolic link works like so: ln -s target source where,

target - The existing file/directory you would like to link TO.
source - The file/folder to be created, copying the contents of the target. The LINK itself.

For more help see ln --help Source: Create Symbolic Links in Ubuntu

And that's done. just visit http://localhost/testserver/ In fact, you don't even need to restart your server.