Creating a virtual host in XAMPP allows you to set up multiple local websites on your development environment. Here’s a step-by-step guide to create a virtual host in XAMPP:

1. For Windows users, go to “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc” and open the “hosts” file with a text editor like Notepad with administrator privileges (right-click -> Run as administrator).
2. Add the Virtual Host Entry Add a new line to the hosts file in the following format: 127.0.0.1 yourdomain.local. Replace “yourdomain.local” with the desired domain name for your virtual host.
3. Step 3: Configure Apache Virtual Hosts. Navigate to the “httpd-vhosts.conf” file. For XAMPP, you can typically find it at: “C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf.” Open “httpd-vhosts.conf” with a text editor.
4. Add Virtual Host Configuration Add the following code to the “httpd-vhosts.conf” file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/your_project_folder"
    ServerName yourdomain.local
    ErrorLog "logs/yourdomain.local-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/yourdomain.local-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace “yourdomain.local” with the same domain name you added to the hosts file in Step 2. Also, change “your_project_folder” to the name of the folder where your website files are located.

• Save the Configuration and Restart Apache Save the changes to “httpd-vhosts.conf” and close the file.
• Restart Apache Server Restart the Apache server for the changes to take effect. In XAMPP, you can do this through the XAMPP Control Panel by clicking on the “Stop” and then “Start” button for the Apache service.
• Test the Virtual Host Open your web browser and enter the domain name you specified in the virtual host configuration (e.g., http://yourdomain.local). If everything is set up correctly, you should see your local website served by XAMPP.

Now you have successfully created a virtual host in XAMPP, and you can repeat these steps to add additional virtual hosts for other local websites as needed.