how to configuring a xampp web server for different root directory

Question

The web directory is the home of all of your application\'s public and static files. Including images, stylesheets and JavaScript files. It is also where the front controlle

Answer 1

You can also put in a new virtual Host entry in the

c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd-vhosts.conf

like:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host2.example.com
  DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/myproject/web"
  ServerName localhost
  ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-error.log"
  CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

Answer 2

If you are running xampp on linux based image, to change root directory open:

/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

Change default document root: DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs" and <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs"

to your folder DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs/myFolder" and <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs/myFolder">

Answer 3

# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
#   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Require all granted

Write above code inside following tags < Directory "c:\projects" > < / Directory > c:(you can add any directory d: e:) is drive where you have created your project folder.

Alias /projects "c:\projects"

Now you can access the pr0jects directory on your browser :

localhost/projects/

Answer 4

ok guys you are not going to believe me how easy it is, so i putted a video on YouTube to show you that [ click here ]

now , steps :

1. run your xampp control panel
2. click the button saying config
3. select apache( httpd.conf )
4. find document root
5. replace

DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs" <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">

those 2 lines || C:/xampp/htdocs == current location for root || change C:/xampp/htdocs with any location you want

6. save it DONE: start apache and go to the localhost see in action [ watch video click here ]