How to change the URL from localhost to something else on a local system using wampserver

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On a Windows machine  there s a system running on the local wampserver  but while the application is running on localhost  the URL says otherwise   While I would expect the URL to be like this based on the directory structure   http   localhost pro include db report php   The developer has managed to do this   http   ap-mispro pro include db report php   So instead of localhost  the URL says ap-mispro   And both URLs work fine   How is the second URL made  I tried checking out the wampmanager ini and wampmanager tpl but maybe I didn t know what to look for

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They are probably using a virtual host  http   www keanei com 2011 07 14 creating-virtual-hosts-with-wamp    You can go into your Apache configuration file  httpd conf  or your virtual host configuration file  recommended  and add something like    lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot  www ap-mispro     ServerName ap-mispro        Other directives here  lt  VirtualHost gt    And when you call up http   ap-mispro  you would see whatever is in C  wamp www ap-mispro  assuming default directory structure   The ServerName and DocumentRoot do no have to have the same name at all  Other factors needed to make this work    You have to make sure httpd-vhosts conf is included by httpd conf for your changes in that file to take effect   When you make changes to either file  you have to restart Apache to see your changes  You have to change your hosts file http   en wikipedia org wiki Hosts  file  for your computer to know where to go when you type http   ap-mispro into your browser  This change to your hosts file will only apply to your computer - not that it sounds like you are trying from anyone else s    There are plenty more things to know about virtual hosts but this should get you started

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WINDOWS   MAMP solution  Step 1  Go to S  MAMPenter code here  bin apache conf  open httpd conf file and change    Include conf extra httpd-vhosts conf   to   Include conf extra httpd-vhosts conf i e  uncomment the line so that it can includes the virtual hosts file   Step 2 Go to S  MAMP bin apache conf extra and open httpd-vhosts conf file and add the following code   lt VirtualHost myWebsite local gt      DocumentRoot  S  MAMP htdocs myWebsite       ServerName myWebsite local     ServerAlias myWebsite local      lt Directory  S  MAMP htdocsmyWebsite   gt          Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    change myWebsite local and S  MAMP htdocs myWebsite  as per your requirements   Step 3  Open hosts file in C  Windows System32 drivers etc  and add the following line   Don t delete anything    127 0 0 1 myWebsite local   change myWebsite local as per your name requirements  Step 4 restart your server  That s it

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WINDOWS   WAMP solution  Step 1  Go to C  wamp bin apache Apache2 2 17 conf  open httpd conf file and change  Include conf extra httpd-vhosts conf to Include conf extra httpd-vhosts conf i e  uncomment the line so that it can includes the virtual hosts file   Step 2 Go to C  wamp bin apache Apache2 2 17 conf extra and open httpd-vhosts conf file and add the following code   lt VirtualHost myWebsite local gt      DocumentRoot  C  wamp www myWebsite       ServerName myWebsite local     ServerAlias myWebsite local      lt Directory  C  wamp www myWebsite   gt          Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    change myWebsite local and C  wamp www myWebsite  as per your requirements   Step 3  Open hosts file in C  Windows System32 drivers etc  and add the following line   Don t delete anything    127 0 0 1 myWebsite local   change myWebsite local as per your name requirements  Step 4 restart your server  That s it    WINDOWS   XAMPP solution  Same steps as that of WAMP just change the paths according to XAMPP which corresponds to path in WAMP

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This method will work for xamp wamp lamp   1st go to your server directory  for example  C  xamp 2nd go to apache conf extra and open httpd-vhosts conf 3rd add following code to this file      lt VirtualHost myWebsite local gt          DocumentRoot  C  wamp www php-bugs           ServerName php-bugs local         ServerAlias php-bugs local          lt Directory  C  wamp www php-bugs   gt              Order allow deny             Allow from all          lt  Directory gt       lt  VirtualHost gt     For DocumentRoot and Directory add your local directory   For ServerName and ServerAlias give your server a name   Finally go to C  Windows System32 drivers etc and open hosts file add 127 0 0 1 php-bugs local and nothing else For the finishing touch restart your server  For Multile local domain  add another section of code into httpd-vhosts conf       lt VirtualHost myWebsite local gt          DocumentRoot  C  wamp www php-bugs2           ServerName php-bugs local2         ServerAlias php-bugs local2          lt Directory  C  wamp www php-bugs2   gt              Order allow deny             Allow from all          lt  Directory gt       lt  VirtualHost gt     and add your host into host file 127 0 0 1 php-bugs local2

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After another hour or two I can actually answer my own question   Someone on another forum mentioned that you need to keep a mention of plain ol  localhost in the httpd-vhost conf file  so here s what I ended up with in there     ServerName localhost  DocumentRoot  c  wamp www         DocumentRoot  C  wamp www pocket   ServerName pocket clickng com ServerAlias pocket clickng com ErrorLog  logs pocket clickng com-error log  CustomLog  logs pocket clickng com-access log  common  lt Directory  C  wamp www pocket   gt      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes     AllowOverride All     Order allow deny     Allow from all  lt  Directory gt      Exit WAMP  restart - good to go  Hope this helps someone else

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please refer http   complete-concrete-concise com web-tools how-to-change-localhost-to-a-domain-name  this is best solution ever

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go to C  Windows System32 drivers etc and open hosts file and add this  127 0 0 1    example com 127 0 0 1    www example com   then  go to  C  xampp apache conf extra open httpd-ajp conf file and add   lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs pojectroot      ServerName example com     ServerAlias www example com      lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs projectroot  gt          AllowOverride All         Require all granted      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt

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for new version of Wamp   lt VirtualHost   80 gt    ServerName domain local   DocumentRoot C  wamp www domain     lt Directory  C  wamp www domain   gt        Options  Indexes  FollowSymLinks  MultiViews       AllowOverride All       Require local    lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt

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Copy the hosts file and add 127 0 0 1 and name which you want to show or run at the browser link  For example  127 0 0 1   abc  Then run abc  as a local host in the browser

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