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Asked: 2026-05-11T12:14:56+00:00

I use an installation of Xampp to test my files locally before I upload

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I use an installation of Xampp to test my files locally before I upload them to my web server. My web pages usually contain a lot of ‘hardcoded’ links, which means to test any links (or any forms etc) I need to change the hardcoded link to point to localhost, and then rechange it after I am done testing.

What I am looking for is a way to redirect an external url to point to my localhost folder, so I could set it as my website and then I would be able to make changes before I upload them. For example, if I were to enter ‘www.mysite.com/example/view.php’ in my browser, I would actually be looking at ‘localhost/example/view.php’.

Is such a thing possible?

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  1. Two solutions come to my mind:

    1. Use relative URLs (preferred)

    2. Add your external URL to your hosts file which can be found either in

      C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (Windows)

      or

      /etc/hosts (Linux)

      Just add this line:

      http://www.mysite.com localhost

      Maybe you have to use your servers ip instead of mysite.com, I’m not sure right now

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