how to create virtual host on XAMPP [duplicate]

Question

I am sure this question is being asked many times but I am not encounter with a problem. I am using XAMPP where I configure Zend framework.

XAMPP is running on port 8081 as 80 is being occupied by some Windows process I need to use virtual host for that I configure with following code in C:/xampp/apache/config/extra/httpd-vhosts.config (or C:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf in newer releases).

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName comm-app.local DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public" SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"     <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public"         DirectoryIndex index.php         AllowOverride All         Order allow,deny         Allow from all     </Directory> </VirtualHost>     

and also update the hosts file with 127.0.0.1 comm-app.local and try to re-start apache but it is showing error.

15:03:01  [Apache]  Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly. 15:03:01  [Apache]  This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,  15:03:01  [Apache]  improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 15:03:01  [Apache]  Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 15:03:01  [Apache]  the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 15:03:01  [Apache]  If you need more help, copy and post this 15:03:01  [Apache]  entire log window on the forums 

Answer 1

Step 1) C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\ Open the "hosts" file :

127.0.0.1       localhost 127.0.0.1       test.com 127.0.0.1       example.com 

Step 2) xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>     DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/test/     ServerName www.test.com </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80>     DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/example/     ServerName www.example.com </VirtualHost> 

Step 3) C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf. Scroll down to the Supplemental configuration section at the end, and locate the following section (around line 500), Remove the # from the beginning of the second line so the section now looks like this:

#Virtual hosts Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf 

Step 4) Restart XAMPP and now run in your browser :

www.example.com or www.test.com