Pointing xampp to public folder / different folder for only one project

Asked Apr 27 '20 at 13:30

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I use xampp and have a project where I need to point/configure the server to a different root directory (public in this case) and I do it by going to

xampp > Apache > Config > httpd.conf

find this

DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">

and change it to

DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/project/public/"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/project/public/">

restart the server and this works.

My problem is that all of my other projects work on the default document root setting but I need to change the document root setting every time when I work on this particular project (I repeat the above process 3-4 times a day).

Is there a way to change the root document for only one project and let the rest work on the default setting?

edited Apr 27 '20 at 13:36

asked Apr 27 '20 at 13:30

Manish Bathla

Welcome to StackOverflow! – Example person Apr 27 '20 at 14:31
Why can't you just go on, and just access your project like `http://example.com/project/public`? – Example person Apr 27 '20 at 14:37
Thank you ... because I switch between default and custom setting 3-4 times a day, sometime even more. It is frustrating doing that on a daily basis. – Manish Bathla Apr 27 '20 at 15:06
Is it not possible to design your project to suit the normal document root? If not, maybe create a seperate virtualhost for it. I will guide you – Example person Apr 27 '20 at 15:14
Virtual hosts is the way to go. Or even better, switch to docker/nginx! – Alwin Kesler Apr 27 '20 at 17:26

Pointing xampp to public folder / different folder for only one project

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