how to configuring a xampp web server for different root directory
You can change Apaches httpd.conf by clicking (in xampp control panel) apache/conf/httpd.conf
and adjust the entries for DocumentRoot
and the corresponding Directory
entry.Just Ctrl+F for "htdocs" and change the entries to your new path.
See screenshot:
## DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.#DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">
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.