MAMP is a local Web development solution.

  1. Apache config
  • Find apache config file at ‘/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf’, open it in any editor
  • Find this line #Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and delete "#", save fife.
  1. vhost config
  • Find apache config file at ‘/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf’, open it in any editor

  • There are two vitual host examples look like this 

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    <VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com 
        DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/Library/docs/dummy-host.example.com" //where your document located
        ServerName dummy-host.example.com  //domain as you wish
        ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com //alias optional
        ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log" //error optional
        CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common 
    </VirtualHost>

  • My vitural host is like:

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    <VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx/test"
        ServerName api.com
        ServerAlias api.com
        ErrorLog "logs/api.com-error_log"
        CustomLog "logs/api.com-access_log" common
    </VirtualHost>

  • DocuementRoot can be changed at MAMP -> preference -> Web server

  1. Set the localhost(127.0.0.1) to the domain you wish
  • In terminal or iTerm, run $ sudo vi /etc/hosts
  • Insert one line 127.0.0.1 api.com
  1. An easy test
  • In your Vitual host DocumentRoot, Create index.php
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    <?php 
    echo "Hello My Virtual Host"
    ?>
  1. Restart MAMP
  • api.com is ready for your service