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Custom localhost Url

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Custom Localhost URL

For Windows

Assuming using XAMPP Server

Open [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts](file://C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts)

127.0.0.1     something.local

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

<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.

Open the XAMPP Control Panel
Stop Apache , wait for 5 seconds,
then finally "Start" Apache Server.

For Linux(Ubuntu),

Assuming using LAMPP

Go to /etc/hosts and add this to the bottom of the file:

127.0.0.1     something.local

Go to /opt/apache/conf/httpd.conf at the bottom of the file:

<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: /opt/lampp/htdocs/.
something.local must be the same on Step 1 & Step 3.

Restart Apache Server

sudo /opt/lampp/apache stop
sudo opt/lampp/spache start

Assuming all went well, go to your browser, type http://something.local and it will now happily point to your custom local folder.

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