Adding Alias to Xampp / Add alias folder

The first thing you have to do is add an alias directory to your XAMPP install. If you’re running Windows, create the following folder.

C:\xampp\apache\conf\alias

Next, you’ll need to modify your Apache configuration file. You can find it under C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf. To make changes, you’ll need to edit it as an administrator. If you’re running Windows Vista or Windows 7, your best bet is to open Notepad as an administrator and then open httpd.conf. To open Notepad (or any other application) as an administrator, right click on it and select “Run as administrator”.

Once you’ve opened httpd.conf, add the following to the end and save it.

Include "conf/alias/*"

Now Apache will look in the alias folder for additional configuration files. This way all you have to do to add an alias is add a new alias configuration file to the alias folder.

Let’s do that now. Suppose you want to add an alias called “dev”. First, download this alias template file and place it in the alias folder. Rename it to “dev.conf” (or whatever you’re alias is called). You’ll need to edit the template (again, as an administrator) and replace “DIRECTORY” (it’s there twice) with the path to the alias and “ALIAS” with the name of your alias. In our example, it looks something like this:

<Directory "C:\users\foo\programming\dev">

    #

    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",

    # or any combination of:

    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews

    #

    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"

    # doesn't give it to you.

    #

    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see

    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options

    # for more information.

    #

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI

    #

    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.

    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:

    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit

    #

    AllowOverride All

    #

    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.

    #     Order allow,deny

    Allow from all 

</Directory>

Alias /dev "C:\users\foo\programming\dev"

Restart Apache (you can do so from the XAMPP control panel) and check out http://localhost/dev

Reference: http://www.itsananderson.com/2011/02/adding-apache-aliases-in-xampp/