Add Virtual Host for Localhost Ampps

Question

  
    DocumentRoot \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Ampps/www\"
    ServerName localhost


  
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Answer 1

As you said you are using AMPPS, I suppose you are adding this instructions to the folder:

AMPPS/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

With that in mind I'll show an example of configuration.

    
        Options FollowSymLinks Indexes
        AllowOverride All
        Order deny,allow
        allow from All
    
    ServerName project.local
    ServerAlias project.local 127.0.0.1
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/Users/you/yourproject/cgi-bin/"
    DocumentRoot "/Users/you/yourproject"
    ErrorLog "/Applications/AMPPS/apache/logs/project.error_log"
    CustomLog "/Applications/AMPPS/apache/logs/project.access.log" combined

All right. After doing that, you will have to add to your hosts file. In Mac they are located in:

/etc/hosts

If you are using a Windows environment you will find the hosts file in:

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Attention: You may have to type your password again or allow the program you're using to edit the file to use administrator privileges.

Then you'll add your local IP and the hostname to it. Just like this:

127.0.0.1      project.local

If you don't add the URL to the hosts file that won't work.