is it possible to configure PHP to use virtualhost

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Actually, I downloaded PHP7.2.7 safe thread from PHP's website(php.net) and I don't know if it is possible I can configure PHP to setup a virtualhost like we can do using XAMPP

PHP is nothing to do with virtualhost and it is a part of webserver you are using.If apache then you can create virtualhost at anytime. — Nuwan Attanayake, Sep 10 '18 at 03:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '18 at 10:08

You can try below configuration:

1) Entry in hosts file as below

127.0.0.1       example.com

2) Set virtual host in httpd-vhosts.conf as below

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/example/public_html"
    ServerAlias quickstart.com
    <Directory "/var/www/example/public_html">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
     </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '18 at 00:35

PHP has a built-in web server, but is has limited capability. It does not provide all the configuration options a complete web server does. It does not do VirtualHost.

If you need VirtualHost, you will have to include it as a module inside Apache (or other web server). The module will be global. If your pages in a VirtualHost do not need PHP, PHP remains dormant and does nothing.

unixmiah · Answer 3 · 2018-09-10T03:33:03.270

PHP isn't a web server, you need to create a VirtualHost in Apache. If you're using Linux, open up httpd.conf or /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and enter the following lines.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/public_html
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to restart your web server/apache in order to these changes to work.

is it possible to configure PHP to use virtualhost

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