Apache VirtualHost Issues - php

Question

I have two installations of laravel. One in a folder called "laravel" and the second in a folder called "learningLaravel". Both of them are siblings in the same parent folder. Before i installed "learningLaravel" i used to access the site in "laravel" through localhost/laravel/public, and everything works fine .
After i installed "learningLaravel", i decided to create a virtual host for it on my WAMP server with the name "learningLaravel.dev" . My [windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts] file looks like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
// I added this entry. The first two entries above was already there
127.0.0.1 learninglaravel.dev
I added the following to my Apache "httpd-vhosts.conf"::
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/learningLaravel/public"
ServerName learningLaravel.dev
</VirtualHost>
Now i can access "learningLaravel" through learningLaravel.dev. But when i want to access the site in the "laravel" folder through localhost/laravel/public, i get a message ::
Not Found
The requested URL /laravel/public was not found on this server.
I try localhost also and i get ::
Not Found
The requested URL / was not found on this server.
The problem i have now is anything that begins with localhost doesn't work, but learningLaravel.dev works.
What changes do i need to make? thanks.

Answer 1

Just define 2 virtual hosts:
The first catches all domains which don't have their own virtual host. In this example these are domain1.dev, domain2.dev, domain3.dev and localhost.
The second host catches the domain learninglaravel.dev
httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/"
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias *.localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost learninglaravel.dev:80>
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/learningLaravel/public"
ServerName learninglaravel.dev
ServerAlias *.learninglaravel.dev
</VirtualHost>
windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 learninglaravel.dev
# you don't need the following this is just for explanation:
127.0.0.1 domain1.dev
127.0.0.1 domain2.dev
127.0.0.1 domain3.dev