As the preceding approach, http://www.auciou.com/peace/78 (Reinstall Apache and PHP for one step), after create the development environment of Apache, while reinstall the system, you may reinstall Apache and PHP for just one step. The essential of create the development environment is revising the apache\conf\httpd.conf file, this file needs to be backuped, set for one time, hereafter need not to set it repeatedly. Here I'll briefly introduce the approach that change the port, create the virtual hosting, change the main directory of default local sites.

Take the article before, for instance, all the same, the system is Win XP, create the folder D:\server:
Apache extracts at D:\server\apache;
PHP 5 extracts at D:\server\php5.

All of the settings below, we will change the file D:\server\apache\conf\httpd.conf, please open this file by a text tool.

1. Change the port. If you depend on PHP development, I suggest that do not change the port, the default port is 80. If you need to change the port, for instance, I change the port to 60. Find "Listen 80", change to Listen 60, restart Apache. Then you may use http://localhost:60 to visit the main directory.

2. Create the virtual hosting. For instance, my site's long-distance address is http://www.auciou.com, in order to simulate the effect of long-distance, as well I can make my local computer as a server. In order to avoid that the accidental mess of operations of local and long-distance happens, we may use a sub domain to simulate, the sub domain of 3 characters is the best, as ww2.auciou.com, or wwa.auciou.com. (Commentary: this sub domain, just revise the local file "hosts", do not need to add on the domain management.)

   The approach of creating a virtual hosting: write the codes as below at any position in the httpd.conf file:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName ww2.auciou.com
   DocumentRoot F:/site/auciou
   </VirtualHost>

   Commentary: the third line DocumentRoot F:/site/auciou, is the path of my blog in the local harddisk. Then open this file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, write a line as below:

   127.0.0.1 ww2.auciou.com

   The virtual hosting have been set up, restart Apache, then you may use http://ww2.auciou.com to visit the local sites. To set for many virtual hostings, are the same steps. (In addition, if you use IIS for a few, you may use the Port 80 for Apache and PHP, IIS uses the Port 50 or others.)

3. Change the main directory of default local sites, that's to say that revise the corresponding directory of http://localhost.
   Find ServerRoot c:/www
   Change to ServerRoot F:/site

   At last, restart Apache.

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