Configuring local virtual hosts with Apache/XAMPP

Add these to c:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot path/to/your/project
    ServerName yourvirtualhostname

    ErrorLog path/to/your/project/error_log
    CustomLog path/to/your/project/access_log common

    <Directory "path/to/your/project">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory> 
</VirtualHost>

The second one is your new virtual hosts and the first one guarantees access to non-virtual hosts still work.

You also need to add your new host name to c:/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 yourvirtualhostname