XAMPP – Set up Virtual Hosts & max_allowed_packet

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  • Post last modified:2024-04-07

Create Virtual Hosts in XAMPP

Follow steps below to create virtual hosts.

Locate the file httpd-vhosts.conf in the directory: xampp\apache\conf\extra\. Add the following sections to the file: 

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot "\xampp\htdocs"
    <Directory "\xampp\htdocs">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName becc.local
    DocumentRoot "\xampp\htdocs\becc"
    <Directory "\xampp\htdocs\becc">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.local
    DocumentRoot "\xampp\htdocs\example"
    <Directory "\xampp\htdocs\example">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

The above creates these web sites:

  • http://localhost
  • http://becc.local
  • http://example.local

Modify the hosts file on PC

In order to access these websites from the PC using domain names, the PC hosts file has to resolve the domain names to IP addresses. Add these lines to the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file.

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       becc.local
127.0.0.1       example.local

max_allowed_packet Setting

When importing a database, there may an error due to the max_allowed_packet setting. To adjust this setting, edit the file xampp/mysql/bin/my.ini as follows:

[mysqld]
max_allowed_packet = 512M

[mysqldump]
max_allowed_packet = 512M

Then restart mySQL.

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