Run my php files from outside htdocs

Question

I have my xampp installed and running sites from the htdocs folder. I want to create a website directory in a different location and run the files online from there.

I know I can do this somehow using both Virtual Host settings and changing my hosts file in System32.

I want to change my URL from localhost/websites/mysite/ to just mysite/

Can anyone offer assistance, thank you

Answer 1

Locate httpd.conf file on your local XAMPP install: C:\xampp\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf

Edit the “DocumentRoot” line to the location of the remote \htdocs folder.

Example: “C:/xampp/xampp/htdocs” to “C:/Users/Ann/Documents/My Dropbox/Dev/Xampp/xampp/htdocs”

Edit the “Directory” tag to the same remote location you set for DocumentRoot.

“C:/Users/Ann/Documents/My Dropbox/Dev/Xampp/xampp/htdocs”

Save the file and restart your local Apache server.

Navigate to your "localhost” in your browser and you should see the remote web site files.