How To Setup Many Web Folders in XAMPP – Cross OS, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl (XAMPP) Stack for Web Development – No Better Tech

The topic of this article is how to set up many web folders in XAMPP.

We assume you are an upper beginner at least a web developer in PHP/MySQL.

For complete beginners read here:
What is XAMPP & How To download:

https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

https://www.javatpoint.com/xampp-vs-wamp-vs-mamp-vs-lamp

Using XAMPP you must know that: if installed to the default directory:

c:/xampp/

D:/xampp/

your web folder is:

c:/xampp/htdocs/

D:/xampp/htdocs/

respectively … and access as http://localhost/

What if your web projects as a PHP/MySQL Web Developer or/and JavaScript Web Developer are for example at:

D:/Documents/Web Projects/

C:/Documents/Web Projects/

and you do NOT want to move them to another directory…

Here you will learn how to – leave folders as are and add the directories as aliases to XAMPP setup/configuration:

D:/Documents/Web Projects/ alias e.g. /repo2, accessed as http://localhost/repo2/

C:/Documents/Web Projects/ alias e.g. /repo3, accessed as http://localhost/repo3/

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For the example at the top of this article: let’s say we have a Development Windows 10 or 11 PC/Laptop & XAMPP installed at c:/xampp/ … :

Development folder-1:

D:/Documents/Web Projects/
alias e.g.
/repo2
accessed as http://localhost/repo2/

Development folder-2:

C:/Documents/Web Projects/
alias e.g.
/repo3
accessed as http://localhost/repo3/

repo2 or repo3 aliases names should be strings without space, avoid special chars, and must be anything string convenient to you.

You have to find the configuration file:
httpd-xampp.conf
and add the code at the bottom above the last line of

</IfModule>

FINAL RESULT:

Alias /repos2 "D:/Documents/Web Projects/"
<Directory "D:/Documents/Web Projects">
   AllowOverride AuthConfig
   Require local
</Directory>

Alias /repos3 "C:/Documents/Web Projects/"
<Directory "C:/Documents/Web Projects">
   AllowOverride AuthConfig
   Require local
</Directory>


</IfModule>

Usually, the httpd-xampp.conf is at:

C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf

Alternatively, there is a shortcut to access XAMPP conf files, etc. files… see:

This article was a step-by-step ASAP Configuration/Setup.

For more details see the SlideShare Presentation and/or the YouTube Video.