Apache VirtualHost and localhost

Question

I'm working with XAMPP on Mac OS X.

I'm trying to run a Symfony website properly for a client, and I really don't know Symfony (yet). I just want to install and launch it.

I've changed my /etc/hosts file this way:

127.0.0.1 www.mysite.local 

And the httpd.conf file this way:

<VirtualHost *:80>   ServerName www.mysite.local   DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/web   DirectoryIndex index.php   <Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/web>     AllowOverride All     Allow from All   </Directory>   Alias /sf /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf   <Directory "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf">     AllowOverride All     Allow from All   </Directory> </VirtualHost> 

Now, the site is working (yay!), but I can't access any more any of my other local sites because localhost is rendered as www.mysite.local.

Where am I wrong?

Answer 1

This worked for me!

To run projects like http://localhost/projectName:

<VirtualHost localhost:80>    ServerAdmin localhost     DocumentRoot path/to/htdocs/     ServerName localhost </VirtualHost> 

To run projects like http://somewebsite.com locally:

<VirtualHost somewebsite.com:80>      ServerAdmin [email protected]      DocumentRoot /path/to/htdocs/somewebsiteFolder      ServerName www.somewebsite.com      ServerAlias somewebsite.com </VirtualHost> 

The same for other websites:

<VirtualHost anothersite.local:80>      ServerAdmin [email protected]      DocumentRoot /path/to/htdocs/anotherSiteFolder      ServerName www.anothersite.local      ServerAlias anothersite.com </VirtualHost>