Installing Zend Framework 2 in WAMP - localhost points to the same root as my Zend project

Question

I am trying to learn about the Zend Framework and this is frustrating cause I can't even get to install the darn thing. :) So please help.

OP: Windows 7 Server: WAMP

I fould allot of documentation for Zend Framework 1 but not version 2 (which is the one I want).

Let me tell you what I did and what's the problem.

1. I have installed a working WAMP server, accessed from http://localhost

2. In the wamp's www, I have made a folder called "zendy" for the framework

3. I went to windows, system 32, drivers, etc and edited my host file. Here I have: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 zendy # I have added this for my zend project

4. Then I went to httpd.conf and added this at the end:

   ServerName zendy DocumentRoot "C:\wamp\www\zendy"

5. I went to the Zend Framework 2 docs and downloaded the zend skeleton, pasted the contend inside my zendy folder. From the command line I typed:

   "php composer.phar self-update" "php composer.phar install"

Just like the zend framework 2 doc says.

The install worked ok and I saw this:

Installing dependencies from lock file
- Installing zendframework/zendframework (dev-master)
  Cloning 18c8e223f070deb07c17543ed938b54542aa0ed8

Generating autoload files

1. Now, if I type http://zendy everything works ok but if I type http://localhost, I get the same zendy directory and I have lost access to my other php projects (non zend) which were in the www folder.

So basically: http://localhost goes to the same place as http://zendy (I have lost access to my localhost).

Any ideas on what is wrong?

Answer 1

You need to add your localhost as well as your other projects to the virtual hosts file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "C:\serverpath\htdocs"
  ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>