How to change xampp localhost to another folder outside xampp folder

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How can I change my default xampp localhost c xampp htdoc to another folder i e  c  alan   When I use the IP address I should be able to view my website file in C  alan    Thanks for helping me

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Please follow  Sourav s advice   If after restarting the server you get errors  you may need to set your directory options as well  This is done in the  lt Directory gt  tag in httpd conf  Make sure the final config looks like this   DocumentRoot  C  alan   lt Directory  C  alan  gt      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks     AllowOverride All     Order allow deny     Allow from all  lt  Directory gt

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steps     run your xampp control panel click the button saying config select apache  httpd conf   find document root   replace  DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs   lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs  gt    Those 2 lines     C  xampp htdocs    current location for root        change C  xampp htdocs with any location you want    save it   DONE   start apache and go to the localhost see in action   watch video click here

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On Linux Mint  Debian Based  go to  opt lampp etc httpd conf   Find YOUR OWN FILES LOCATION to  of course  your files location    DocumentRoot  YOUR OWN FILES LOCATION   lt Directory  YOUR OWN FILES LOCATION  gt              Possible values for the Options directive are  None    All         or any combination of          Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews             Note that  MultiViews  must be named  explicitly  ---  Options All        doesn t give it to you              The Options directive is both complicated and important   Please see       http   httpd apache org docs trunk mod core html options       for more information             Options Indexes FollowSymLinks       XAMPP     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes              AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in  htaccess files        It can be  All    None   or any combination of the keywords          Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit            AllowOverride None       since XAMPP 1 4      AllowOverride All              Controls who can get stuff from this server            Require all granted  lt  Directory gt

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I had to change both the httpd conf and httpd-ssl conf files DocumentRoot properties to get things like relative links  i e  href   index html   and the favicon ico link to work properly   The latest Xampp control Panel makes this pretty easy   From the control panel  there should be Apache in the first row  If it s started  stop it  Then click config and open the httpd conf file and search for htdocs or documentRoot  Change the path to what you like  Do the same for httpd-ssl conf  These should be the top 2 files in the list under Config s dropdown   Then start the server again    Hope this helps someone  Cheers

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Hooman  actually with the latest versions of Xampp you don t need to know where the configuration or log files are  in the Control panel you have log and config buttons for each tool  php  mysql  tomcat     and clicking them offers to open all the relevant file  you can even change the default editing application with the general Config button at the top right   Well done for whoever designed it

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just in case someone looks for this  the path to the file on Sourav answer  httpd conf  in linux is  opt lampp etc httpd conf

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Edit the httpd conf file and replace the line  DocumentRoot   home user www  to your liked one   The default DocumentRoot path will be different for windows  the above is for linux

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For me it was on line 183  but it only works after you reboot your computer  I wish there was a way to quickly change it without having to reboot each time  but for now that s the only way I know how

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It can be done in two steps for Ubuntu 14 04 with Xampp 1 8 3-5  Step 1 - Change DocumentRoot and Directory path in  opt lampp etc httpd conf from  DocumentRoot   opt lampp htdocs  and Directory   opt lampp htdocs   to DocumentRoot   home user Desktop js  and Directory   home user Desktop js   Step 2 - Change the rights of folder  in path and its parent folders to 777  eg via   sudo chmod -R 777  home user Desktop js

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