Introduction

Virtual hosts allow you to run multiple websites on a single XAMPP installation. This guide walks you through configuring Apache to support virtual host configurations.

Step 1: Configure httpd.conf

Navigate to the Apache configuration file at xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf.

Enable Virtual Hosts Module

Search for the keyword httpd-vhosts.conf and ensure the following line is uncommented:

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

Update Directory Permissions

Find the AllowOverride All directive and modify the directory block:

<Directory "D:/xampp/cgi-bin">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Set Document Root

Locate the DocumentRoot directive and set your desired project root path:

DocumentRoot "D:/www"

Step 2: Configure httpd-vhosts.conf

Open the virtual hosts configuration file at xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf.

Option A: Access by IP Address

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.5:80>
    DocumentRoot "D:/www"
    ServerName myproject.local
</VirtualHost>

Option B: Access by Domain Name

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "D:/www"
    ServerName myproject.local
</VirtualHost>

Step 3: Update Hosts File

Edit the system hosts file located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and add the following entry:

127.0.0.1   myproject.local

Important Note

After completing the configuration changes, restart the Apache server in XAMPP control panel before attempting to access your virtual host.