Apache Virtual Host not working

Question

I recently upgraded to the latest version of PHP (before this everything was working) and had the following virtual host configuration file under /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/local.events

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName events.local
    DocumentRoot "/home/john/development"

    <Directory "/home/john/development">
            AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

However instead of running my website located under /home/john/development when I go to http://local.event/ it runs the file located at /var/www/index.html. How do I fix this and also why is this the case after I only updated PHP using the following code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Answer 1

1. Change

 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName events.local ServerAleas events.local DocumentRoot "/home/john/development" 

<Directory "/home/john/development">
            AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
 2. Need add in /etc/hosts  line (127.0.0.1    events.local)