how to make virtual host in xampp apache

You can make virtual host in apache. It’s quite simple. If you are using windows. There are only two steps.

Step 1 :

Just open the file
C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

Just add the below code snippet at the end of the file

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName project.dev
   DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/project/"
   <Directory "D:/xampp/htdocs/project/">
	   # use mod_rewrite for pretty URL support
	   RewriteEngine on
	   # If a directory or a file exists, use the request directly
	   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
	   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
	   # Otherwise forward the request to index.php
	   RewriteRule . index.php

	   # use index.php as index file
	   DirectoryIndex index.php

	   # ...other settings...
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Step 2

Open the file
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

And then add the line below

127.0.0.1 project.dev