Make XAMPP/Apache serve file outside of htdocs
Is it possible to configure xampp to serve up a file outside of the
htdocs directory?
For instance, say I have a file located as follows:
C:\projects\transitCalculator\trunk\TransitCalculator.php
and my xampp files are normally served out from:
C:\xampp\htdocs\
(because that's the default configuration) Is there some way to make Apache recognize and serve up my
TransitCalculator.php file without moving it under htdocs? Preferably I'd like Apache to serve up/have access to the entire contents of the projects directory, and I don't want to move the projects directory under htdocs.
edit: edited to add Apache to the question title to make Q/A more "searchable"
Solution:
Virtual Hosts
- Open C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf.
- Un-comment line 19 (
NameVirtualHost *:80). - Add your virtual host (~line 36):
<VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot C:\Projects\transitCalculator\trunk ServerName transitcalculator.localhost <Directory C:\Projects\transitCalculator\trunk> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> - Open your hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts).
- Add
127.0.0.1 transitcalculator.localhost #transitCalculatorto the end of the file (before the Spybot - Search & Destroy stuff if you have that installed). - Save (You might have to save it to the desktop, change the permissions on the old hosts file (right click > properties), and copy the new one into the directory over the old one (or rename the old one) if you are using Vista and have trouble).
- Restart Apache.
Now you can access that directory by browsing to http://transitcalculator.localhost/.
Make an Alias
- Starting ~line 200 of your
http.conffile, copy everything between<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">and</Directory>(~line 232) and paste it immediately below withC:/xampp/htdocsreplaced with your desired directory (in this caseC:/Projects) to give your server the correct permissions for the new directory. - Find the
<IfModule alias_module></IfModule>section (~line 300) and addAlias /transitCalculator "C:/Projects/transitCalculator/trunk"(or whatever is relevant to your desires) below theAliascomment block, inside the module tags.
Change your document root
- Edit ~line 176 in C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf; change
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"to#DocumentRoot "C:/Projects"(or whatever you want). - Edit ~line 203 to match your new location (in this case
C:/Projects).
Notes:
- You have to use forward slashes "/" instead of back slashes "\".
- Don't include the trailing "/" at the end.
- restart your server.