I made a PHP/MySQL app in my desktop that I access using Apache vhosts (XAMPP). In my host file I added 127.0.0.1 myapp
so all I have to type in my browser is http://myapp
. How can I access this same webpage but from another computer in the same wifi network?
I've also already allowed port 80 on my firewall for my subnet based on this post. This is my first time doing this so I'm on unfamiliar ground. My computer's ip (the one hosting it) is 192.168.254.100.
Here's what my httpd-vhosts.conf
file looks like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot D:/xampp/virtual/myapp/public
ServerName myapp
<Directory "D:/xampp/virtual/myapp/public">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Best Answer
On the other computer you could access it from the ip by doing
http://192.168.254.100
or if you want the other computer to be able to just typehttp://myapp
you would need to modify the other computer's hosts file to have an entry of192.168.254.100 myapp
.