create virtual host example.local in xampp

By default Each of project located in www htdocs folder directory are accessed by http://localhost/projectname so we want to change it http://projectname.local or whatever local domain you want, I have my site project http://localhost/sdtuts and I want to access it as http://sdtuts.local/.

Open apache httd.conf in xampp

Open #xampp click on Apache’s config button and click on httpd.conf

Open apache httd.conf in xampp

Write the following code at the end of file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/sdtuts"
    ServerName sdtuts.local
    <Directory "D:/xampp/htdocs/sdtuts">
        Require all granted 
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Setup it on hosts file

To to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and open “host” file with notepad++ or another editor tool and add the following line at the end of file and save it.