Multiple local 'websites' w/Rapid PHP

[firebuff55123]

I have recently had the need to have several local websites. I am using Win7(64) and
Rapid PHP ver 9. At first I attempted to put the two sites at the same level of root
directory, such as...
-dirs-
www_website1
www_website2

But It appears that I cannot do that because it seems you can only configure ONE
document root, so it appears that I must configure the second website as a SUB dir
of the first website. Then it seems that I can configure multiple mappings for
preview.

My question is am I on the right track? I wish I could run multiple instances
of Rapid PHP so each one could have it's own configurations and allow multuple
local webites... Is that possible?

firebuff55123

[Nikolajs]

The right way to do this is to install WAMP and configure virtual directories, so that your websites run in a separate folder, but on different port. For example,

http://localhost:80 – this is the first (default) website
http://localhost:81 – this is another website etc.

Then you can use RapidPHP to define several projects.

[firebuff55123]

Ah... yes I understand. Thanks.

firebuff55123

[firebuff55123]

Well I thought I understood, but tjis FAILS to work for the local_antserve
'localhost'. The regular localhost wors just as it should. Perhaps you
can steer me in the right direction...

Here's what I have configured...
=========================================
Rapid PHP Mapping
-----------------
C:\eaahmpg\eatc7402\www\ http://localhost/eaatc_local/
C:\eaahmpg\eatc7402\www_antserve\ http://localhost:81/local_antserve/
==================================================================
hosts file
-------------
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local_antserve
# ::1 localhost

======================================================================
httpd-vhosts.conf file
--------------------
#
# Virtual Hosts
#
# If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.

#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:81
#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#



<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www
ServerName localhost

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:81>
DocumentRoot C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www_antserve
ServerName local_antserve

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www_antserve/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
======================================

firebuff55123

[Nikolajs]

If you use hosts files then the Apache configuration file should look something like this:

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Listen           127.0.0.1:80
NameVirtualHost  127.0.0.1:80

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
	DocumentRoot    "C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www"
	ServerName      localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
	DocumentRoot    "C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www_antserve"
	ServerName      local_antserve
</VirtualHost>

Then you should be able to browse two local websites:
http://localhost/
and
http://local_antserve/

[firebuff55123]

I wanted to add another 'site' to my RapidPHP. So I added 127.0.0.1 local_mx
to my hosts file in windows.

Then I adedd the following code based on what you suggested (that worked fine)
to my httpd-vhosts.conf file figuring it should be easy to add a third site.

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www_on_mx"
ServerName local_mx
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www_on_mx/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

But all I recieve is a'No such server' from my browser window. I don't understand.

David Freedman

[Nikolajs]

See Apache log file for errors. If both prevous local websites work there must me something bad with the configuration. I think that the configuration should look something like this:

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<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80> 
    DocumentRoot "C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www_on_mx"
    ServerName local_mx
    <Directory "C:/eaahmpg/eatc7402/www_on_mx/">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>