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If you have ever used a local server, you would immediately realize that you can only develop one site at a time using the given root. You could however setup multiple folders for different websites within your local servers root, but the problem with that is they would all share the same root, big problem! To fix this you would have to set up virtual hosts, or vhosts for short. A vhost is a small server side trick (using Apache) that allows for multiple domains (websites) under the same root or IP address. Continue reading...

I recently convinced my friend to start learning CakePHP and to install XAMPP for windows. Everything was going smoothly up until he needed to have the database engine InnoDB enabled. Here's a very quick tutorial on how to enable InnoDB on Windows XAMPP (might also work with other local servers). Continue reading...

Below I will quickly and easily show you how to enable Apache's mod_rewrite in XAMPP Windows. If you are unclear on what mod_rewrite is, it basically takes a long query string url and shortens it to be SEO and user friendly. Now if you are also a CakePHP user, having mod_rewrite enabled is the best course of action. But it seems that mod_rewrite is not enabled with the initial install of XAMPP. Do not worry, it's extremely easy to enable the module, and here's how it's done. Continue reading...