Apache virtual host

[Anon]

Hi guys, I know this is a PHP site, but for sure most of you know something about Apache as well.

I\'m running Apache in Win32 system, I have PHP (CGI mode) so it\'s not compiled inside apache.
I have apache running on all the default values , 127.0.0.1 as the server name or localhost, for the purpose of lerning I want to create a virtual host , something like
www.my-development.com, I dont want anybody from out site have access to it, just me in my local machine, I want to type the name in my browser (www.my-development.com) and get to the site that is actually in my own machine, in other words I just want to give a name to the 127.0.0.1, Does any body know how to do this, I looked at the apache documentation, I try different ways, but I did not get any working results.

Can anyone gives me a clue please.

Thanks

[jariizumi]

Unless your DNS server returns www.my-develpment.com as 127.0.0.0, you're not going to get the results you are thinking of. You should make sure it searches hosts before DNS, and in your /etc/hosts file, make an entry for your pretend host name. I would THINK that would work, depending on how your interfaces are setup.

[Anon]

look for a file called hosts.sam
replace localhost with www.my-development.com