Creating a fake host name with XAMPP

Does anyone know how to create a fake host name using XAMPP? Usually the site is defined as http://localhost/mydomain/ but I need to do something like this: localhost.mydomain.edu

I am trying to find the file to modify in my XAMPP set up.

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Nancy

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Inspiring

This thread seemed at little confusing as there were errors. I was hoping to find a straightforward solution where nothing was in doubt.

Inspiring

I don't use XAMPP, but this should work:

Using Windows file manager, go to C: > Windows > System32 > drivers > etc

Open hosts and add an entry like 127.0.0.1 mydomainname

You might have to do this in safe mode

Then go to your apache directory > conf > extra > httpd-vhosts.conf and add an entry like

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "D:/Apache24/htdocs/mydomainname"
ServerName mydomainname
</VirtualHost>

Open httpd.conf in the conf directory and look for #LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so and remove the hash to activate it.

Next look for #Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and remove the hash tag from it.

Then reboot your computer. Open a browser (not MS Edge) and type http://mydomainname

Thanks, Rob. One other question: Is localhost.mydomain.edu the same as localhost/mydomain.edu ?

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