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paulk7737514
paulk7737514
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March 2, 2017
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Creating a fake host name with XAMPP

  • March 2, 2017
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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 OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    March 2, 2017

    Virtual Host.

    php - how to create virtual host on XAMPP - Stack Overflow

    Nancy

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    paulk7737514
    paulk7737514Author
    Inspiring
    March 2, 2017

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

    Rob Hecker2
    Rob Hecker2
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    March 2, 2017

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


    No, they are not the same.

    If you are going to use localhost like this (localhost/mydomain) then you don't need to create a virtual host. Don't add a top level domain to the virtual host (com, edu, net)

    If I have a website with the address mydomainname.com, then I create a virtual host with the name mydomainname. It makes it easy to keep track.

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