Webuilder 12.3- Mappings with several virtual hosts

[DrGarry]

Hi Guys:
I'm no expert in this, so please bear with me. I am on Windows 8. I have set up apache from XAMPP with several virtual hosts, one for each of my sites, and mappings like these (in an apache conf file):

DocumentRoot "D:/Garry/Documents/Web Site/www_mygames"
ServerName mygames.localhost
....
DocumentRoot "D:/Garry/Documents/Web Site/www_mycharts"
ServerName mycharts.localhost
...
When I fire up apache, these work just fine in a browser, so I know I've got that part right.

Presumably, to use apache with Webuilder, I would go to Options > Preferences > Preview > Mappings and map "D:/Garry/Documents/Web Site/www_mygames" to "http://mygames.localhost". Then I'd fire up apache and all would be fine.

But.. but.... all WOULD be fine if these mappings were defined on a per-project basis, rather than being globals. Since they are globals, as far as I can see I would have to change the mappings each time I switch between projects (and sites).

Is that correct?

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And another question. What is the difference between using the internal server and an external server to view php files? I wrote a test php file (that included file paths such as "../graphics/historyofthebiblepodcastlogo.png") which worked fine in a browser when using the external apache server, but when using the Webuilder internal server, it failed to locate the referenced image. Does the internal server start from a different root or something?

Yours,
Garry

[Aivars]

1) Yes, the mappings are global, there are no per-project mappings. But you can map map "D:/Garry/Documents/Web Site/www_mygames" to "http://mygames.localhost", map "D:/Garry/Documents/Web Site/www_mywork" to "http://mywork.localhost" etc - add as much as you need.

2) Built-in server generates paths like this: http://localhost:89/~D/Temp/somefolder/index.php that correspond to script location in file system.

[DrGarry]

Many thanks for your response. Makes perfect sense, and works a treat.

I'd like to thank you and your team for your excellent support. Over the years I've been using Webuilder, you have provided first-class and timely responses to all the daft questions I've asked.