Accessing a site via localhost instead of IP

Question

How do i set it up so my php files in my sites folder can be viewed with just the command

localhost/

instead of the default

http://10.0.1.35/~john/

the bottom one works fine but where do i need to change it so in my browser i can just enter localhost

Answer 1

check your /etc/hosts; it should have an entry 127.0.0.1 localhost. then you can just use http://localhost/. you can't just use localhost/ because that is not necessarily http and your browser may interpret that as a search or something.