Custom Localhost Url

For Windows

1. Go to [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts](file://C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts) and add this to the bottom of the file:

   • copy & paste this code:

   127.0.0.1     something.local
   

2. Go to [your_XAMPP_directory]\apache\conf\httpd.conf by default its located in [C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf](file://C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf) at the bottom of the file:

   • copy & paste this code:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
      DocumentRoot "[PATH_TO_YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER]"
      ServerName something.local
   
      <Directory "[PATH_TO_YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER]">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
         AllowOverride All
         Require all granted
   </Directory>
   
   </VirtualHost>
   

   • Replace [PATH_TO_YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER] to the folder where your files are located. Ex: C:/xampp/htdocs/.

   • something.local must be the same on Step 1 & Step 3.

3. Stop Apache on XAMPP, wait for 5 seconds, then click "Start" to start again your Apache.

If all things go well, you can go to your browser, type http://something.local and it will now happily point to your custom local folder.