apache-virtualhost

1. Allow the usage of custom virtual hosts. Open the httpd.conf

  sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
 
2. Uncomment the line bellow

  # Virtual hosts
  Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
  
3. Create a custom domain in the hosts file of your system

  sudo gedit /etc/hosts
  
  127.0.0.1	localhost
  127.0.0.5	myawesomeproject
  .....
  
4. Create your first virtual host

  sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

  <VirtualHost 127.0.0.5:80>
    DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs/my-first-project"
    DirectoryIndex index.php

    <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs/my-first-project">
    Options All
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
    </Directory>
  </VirtualHost>
  
 5. Test your virtual host
 
   To test it, in the folder /opt/lampp/htdocs/my-first-project, create a simple PHP file (index.php) 
   that will contain the following PHP code:

    <?php
    echo "Hello world!";
    ?>
    
 6. Restart 
 
    sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
    
 7. Check it out!
 
    http://myawesomeproject/