Is it possible to configure xampp to serve up a file outside of the htdocs
directory?
For instance, say I have a file located as follows:
C:\projects\transitCalculator\trunk\TransitCalculator.php
and my xampp files are normally served out from:
C:\xampp\htdocs\
(because that's the default configuration) Is there some way to make Apache recognize and serve up my TransitCalculator.php
file without moving it under htdocs
? Preferably I'd like Apache to serve up/have access to the entire contents of the projects directory, and I don't want to move the projects directory under htdocs
.
edit: edited to add Apache to the question title to make Q/A more "searchable"
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Solution to allow Apache 2 to host websites outside of htdocs:
Underneath the "DocumentRoot" directive in httpd.conf, you should see a directory block. Replace this directory block with:
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Allow from all
</Directory>
REMEMBER NOT TO USE THIS CONFIGURATION IN A REAL ENVIRONMENT
You can relocate it by editing the DocumentRoot setting in XAMPP\apache\conf\httpd.conf.
It should currently be:
C:/xampp/htdocs
Change it to:
C:/projects/transitCalculator/trunk
If you're trying to get XAMPP to use a network drive as your document root you have to use UNC paths in httpd.conf. XAMPP will not recognize your mapped network drives.
For example the following won't work, DocumentRoot "X:/webroot"
But this will, DocumentRoot "//192.168.10.100/webroot" (note the forward slashes, not back slashes)
You can set Apache to serve pages from anywhere with any restrictions but it's normally distributed in a more secure form.
Editing your apache files (http.conf is one of the more common names) will allow you to set any folder so it appears in your webroot.
EDIT:
alias myapp c:\myapp\
I've edited my answer to include the format for creating an alias in the http.conf file which is sort of like a shortcut in windows or a symlink under un*x where Apache 'pretends' a folder is in the webroot. This is probably going to be more useful to you in the long term.
A VirtualHost would also work for this and may work better for you as you can host several projects without the need for subdirectories. Here's how you do it:
httpd.conf (or extra\httpd-vhosts.conf relative to httpd.conf. Trailing slashes "\" might cause it not to work):
NameVirtualHost *:80
# ...
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:\projects\transitCalculator\trunk\
ServerName transitcalculator.localhost
<Directory C:\projects\transitCalculator\trunk\>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
HOSTS file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts usually):
# localhost entries
127.0.0.1 localhost transitcalculator.localhost
Now restart XAMPP and you should be able to access http://transitcalculator.localhost/ and it will map straight to that directory.
This can be helpful if you're trying to replicate a production environment where you're developing a site that will sit on the root of a domain name. You can, for example, point to files with absolute paths that will carry over to the server:
<img src="/images/logo.png" alt="My Logo" />
whereas in an environment using aliases or subdirectories, you'd need keep track of exactly where the "images" directory was relative to the current file.
Source: Stackoverflow.com