configuring virtual host and localhost redirecting to the xampp folder

Question

I have problem with creating virtual host. I am using Windows 7 x64 Professional. In file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts I have only this lines:

127.0.0.1   myhost
127.0.0.1   www.myhost

And in file C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf I have this:

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80> 
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/"
    ServerName localhost
    ServerAlias www.localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80> 
    DocumentRoot "C:/Users/Me/Dropbox/Project/public"
    ServerName myhost
    ServerAlias www.myhost
    <Directory "C:/Users/Me/Dropbox/Project/public">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

And of course I have restared my Apache server after adding this lines in those files. Unfortunatly typing myhost or www.myhost in my browser redirect me to the myhost/xampp.

I have already search and I have found on google and also on stackoverflow description how to configure virtual hosts using xampp but how can I recognize I have done everything alright. I know that my problem isn't new but I didn't found working solution for me.

I have also recognized that typing localhost in my browser redirect me alsto localhost/xampp. I don't know whether these problems are linked in my case.

Answer 1

I had this same issue. Your first request is redirecting to the htdocs root directory. If you look at index.php in the htdocs directory, you can see very brief code that takes the incoming request and redirects it to the xampp directory.

I fixed it by fiddling with the httpd-vhosts.conf file. In your case, try making the following edits:

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1> 
    DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost www.myhost> 
    DocumentRoot "C:\Users\Me\Dropbox\Project\public"
    ServerName www.myhost
    ServerAlias www.myhost
    <Directory "C:\Users\Me\Dropbox\Project\public">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>