如何在 OSX 中更改 xampp htdocs 目录？

Question

I want to change XAMPP's htdocs directory. I followed the instructions to create a virtual host from this question:

Make XAMPP/Apache serve file outside of htdocs

this works fine on Windows 7, however when I try it on OSX, going to mysite.local just loads the xampp splash screen (mysite.local/xampp/index.html). I have restarted the web server. My virtual host declared in httpd-vhosts.conf is:

<VirtualHost *:80>

DocumentRoot Users/username/Documents/sitename.com

ServerName sitename.localhost

<Directory Users/username/Documents/sitename.com>

Order allow,deny 
Allow from all

</Directory>

Answer 1

Open the following file in a text editor.

/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf

Search for "DocumentRoot", if the line below has a # in front of it than it's commented remove it and change the path between the quote

DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs"

Now search for the line below and change the path between the quotes to your needs.

<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs">

NOTICE: Paths similar to ~/ won't work use the absolute path.

Answer 2

If you forward to a directory in your user root, then:

DocumentRoot "/Users/<your username here>/Sites"
<Directory "/Users/<your username here>/Sites">

Answer 3

Other than the answers mentioned above, I also had to change the line in XAMPP/xampfiles/etc/httpd.conf where it mentions username. the default was set to daemon and I changed it to my username; so there was no permission problem.

Answer 4

I would like to expand this answer for 2022.

You will have to change 3 files if you want to keep web root in another directory. Let's say that you have installed XAMPP regularly, but your httpd directory is on another volume. Let's say in work/xampp/

Open /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and change it to the following

Alias /bitnami/ "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs/"
Alias /bitnami "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs"

DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs" 
<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp"
<Directory "/Volumes/work/xampp">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

We have added

DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/apache2/htdocs"

and the block

DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp"
<Directory "/Volumes/work/xampp">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Open file /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and change it to the following

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost yoursite.mac:80>
    ServerName yoursite.mac
    ServerAlias www.yoursite.mac
    ServerAdmin webmaster@yoursite.mac
    DocumentRoot "/Volumes/work/xampp/yoursite.mac/webroot"
    ErrorLog "/Volumes/work/xampp/yoursite.mac/logs/oll.mac-error_log"
    CustomLog "/Volumes/work/xampp/yoursite.mac/logs/oll.mac-access_log" common

    <Directory "/Volumes/work/xampp">
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Open /etc/hosts as a sudo and add your new site to it

127.0.0.1 yoursite.mac

Answer 5

solved by editing httpd.conf

I have got this working. As per http://www.acwolf.com/blog/2009/February/xampp-virtual-hosts-mac , in OSX it is necessary to make two changes to httpd.conf, first, uncomment

#Include /Applications/xampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

and second, change the user from nobody to the username you use to log into OSX. You may also need to delete your browser's cache.