XAMPP on MacOS - use localhost instead of IP address

Question

I am trying to switch web development from Windows to Mac but I have encountered a problem which would need me to alter a lot of existing code.

I am running Apache and MySQL using XAMPP.

Basically, I want to access a PHP Rest API which I have created on a Windows system where I can access it like this:

http://localhost/api/read.php

However, on Mac I have to access it like this (with XXX.XXX.XX.X being my local IP address) which works perfectly fine:

http://XXX.XXX.XX.X/api/read.php

But when I try to access localhost (the same way as I did on Windows) I get an error:

Safari cannot establish a connection to the server.
Safari cannot open the site "localhost", because Safari cannot establish a connection to the server.

Is there a way to "enable" access via localhost on Mac without using the IP address?

Thank you in advance!

Abhishek Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-23 15:24:51Z

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You may be installed the application that sets up a virtual machine.

Go to download page again.

here: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Now select "7.3.0 / PHP 7.3.0" or latest version according to your visit time without 'VM'.

Remember don't select "XAMPP-VM / PHP 7.3.0" or latest version with 'VM'

answered Dec 23, 2018 at 15:24

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