how to create virtual host on XAMPP

Step 1) C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\Open the "hosts" file :

127.0.0.1       localhost127.0.0.1       test.com127.0.0.1       example.com

Step 2) xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>    DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/test/    ServerName www.test.com</VirtualHost><VirtualHost *:80>    DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/example/    ServerName www.example.com</VirtualHost>

Step 3) C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf. Scroll down to the Supplemental configuration section at the end, and locate the following section (around line 500), Remove the # from the beginning of the second line so the section now looks like this:

#Virtual hostsInclude conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Step 4) Restart XAMPPand now run in your browser :

www.example.com or www.test.com

I see two errors:

<VirtualHost *:80> -> Fix to :8081, your POrt the server runs on    ServerName comm-app.local    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public"    SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"    <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public" -> This is probably why it crashes, missing >        DirectoryIndex index.php        AllowOverride All        Order allow,deny        Allow from all    </Directory> -> MIssing close container: </VirtualHost> 

Fixed version:

<VirtualHost *:8081>    ServerName comm-app.local    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public"    SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"    <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public">        DirectoryIndex index.php        AllowOverride All        Order allow,deny        Allow from all    </Directory></VirtualHost>

One thing to mention:

You can always try and run command:

service apache2 configtest

This will tell you when you got a malformed configuration and maybe even can tell you where the problem is.

Furthermore it helps avoid unavailability in a LIVE system:

service apache2 restart

will shutdown and then fail to start, this configtest you know beforehand "oops I did something wrong, I should fix this first" but the apache itself is still running with old configuration. :)

Add this Code in C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"ServerName qa-staging.comServerAlias www.qa-staging.com<Directory "c:/xampp/htdocs">Order allow,denyAllow from all</Directory></VirtualHost>

Now Add your virtual host name in bellow file.

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

127.0.0.1 qa-staging.com

If you are not able to save this code in host file then right click on notpad select Run as administrator and then you can able to save your custom code now restart your XAMP