Hey everyone,
Is it possible to access the localhost provided by XAMPP on my latpop on my iPhone for development purposes?
Is there a safe way other than playing with ports etc…
- Taha
Your On a Mac right? If so use Xcode/developer tools, but other than that you’ll have to go with IP + ports
You can connect over WiFi to the ip address of your computer. Were you talking about accessing it over 3g? For that you’d have to forward a port on your router to that ip, or create a VPN
OrganicBeeMedia saidYour On a Mac right? If so use Xcode/developer tools, but other than that you’ll have to go with IP + ports
im not on a mac sadly 
fillerspace saidYou can connect over WiFi to the ip address of your computer. Were you talking about accessing it over 3g? For that you’d have to forward a port on your router to that ip, or create a VPN
yup my iphone is connected over wifi, can you tell me how to set it up so I can access the localhost? I guess connecting over wifi wont require ip and ports editing
wizylabs saidfillerspace saidYou can connect over WiFi to the ip address of your computer. Were you talking about accessing it over 3g? For that you’d have to forward a port on your router to that ip, or create a VPN
yup my iphone is connected over wifi, can you tell me how to set it up so I can access the localhost? I guess connecting over wifi wont require ip and ports editing
visit the internal ip of the pc with the web sever on it.
wizylabs saidyup my iphone is connected over wifi, can you tell me how to set it up so I can access the localhost? I guess connecting over wifi wont require ip and ports editing
find out the local ip address of your computer (eg: Start > Run > cmd > ipconfig, or go to the networking section in control panel) it may be something like 192.168.0.123 or 10.0.0.123
then just wack that into your phone if you’re connected on local wifi: http://192.168.0.123 or whatever.
if it doesn’t work make sure apache or whatever you are using is not bound to localhost only.
dtbaker saidwizylabs saidyup my iphone is connected over wifi, can you tell me how to set it up so I can access the localhost? I guess connecting over wifi wont require ip and ports editing
find out the local ip address of your computer (eg: Start > Run > cmd > ipconfig, or go to the networking section in control panel) it may be something like 192.168.0.123 or 10.0.0.123
then just wack that into your phone if you’re connected on local wifi: http://192.168.0.123 or whatever.
if it doesn’t work make sure apache or whatever you are using is not bound to localhost only.
okai tried that but I have a simple issue (might not be), i have few virtual hosts setup on my machine, just for web apps etc… now when I visit my ip address, it reads one of the virtual hosts and not the localhost, I mean it opens the virtual host directory and not the htdocs folder.
what can I do 
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wizylabs saiddtbaker saidwizylabs saidyup my iphone is connected over wifi, can you tell me how to set it up so I can access the localhost? I guess connecting over wifi wont require ip and ports editing
find out the local ip address of your computer (eg: Start > Run > cmd > ipconfig, or go to the networking section in control panel) it may be something like 192.168.0.123 or 10.0.0.123
then just wack that into your phone if you’re connected on local wifi: http://192.168.0.123 or whatever.
if it doesn’t work make sure apache or whatever you are using is not bound to localhost only.
okai tried that but I have a simple issue (might not be), i have few virtual hosts setup on my machine, just for web apps etc… now when I visit my ip address, it reads one of the virtual hosts and not the localhost, I mean it opens the virtual host directory and not the htdocs folder.
what can I do
You’ll either have to change the host file on your iPhone or change the config of the server to respond on different ports, e.g.192.168.1.123:8010
Wizy, you need to become a mac fan boy and get yourself a mac! Then I could tell you step by step with how to do it with MAMP. I have my localhost in my house setup to show on all different PC’s, Macs, and mobile devices in the house, and I’m no where near as smart as dtbaker and fillerspace… It’s a beautiful thing for development, and you’re missing out 
ThemeBlvd saidWizy, you need to become a mac fan boy and get yourself a mac! Then I could tell you step by step with how to do it with MAMP. I have my localhost in my house setup to show on all different PC’s, Macs, and mobile devices in the house, and I’m no where near as smart as dtbaker and fillerspace… It’s a beautiful thing for development, and you’re missing out
+100000 but I think wizy knows my dev setup mostly
ThemeBlvd saidWizy, you need to become a mac fan boy and get yourself a mac! Then I could tell you step by step with how to do it with MAMP. I have my localhost in my house setup to show on all different PC’s, Macs, and mobile devices in the house, and I’m no where near as smart as dtbaker and fillerspace… It’s a beautiful thing for development, and you’re missing out
I work on a mac and i use MAMP and i tried several times to access to my localhost with my iPad without any luck
manu3l9816 saidI work on a mac and i use MAMP and i tried several times to access to my localhost with my iPad without any luck
All you do is put in the IP address of your computer running MAMP with your port number like this:
(If you haven’t changed any MAMP settings, by default the port number is going to be 8888)
And one little trick I found for idiots like me to figure out this mysterious “IP address” thing is to go System Preferences > Sharing, and temporarily turn on “Web Sharing” just so it will show you your IP.
And obviously, you need to make sure your iPad (or whatever device) is using your local wifi.
ThemeBlvd saidWizy, you need to become a mac fan boy and get yourself a mac! Then I could tell you step by step with how to do it with MAMP. I have my localhost in my house setup to show on all different PC’s, Macs, and mobile devices in the house, and I’m no where near as smart as dtbaker and fillerspace… It’s a beautiful thing for development, and you’re missing out
Im seriously thinking of gettin a mac ASAP
ThemeBlvd saidmanu3l9816 saidI work on a mac and i use MAMP and i tried several times to access to my localhost with my iPad without any luck
All you do is put in the IP address of your computer running MAMP with your port number like this:
(If you haven’t changed any MAMP settings, by default the port number is going to be 8888)
And one little trick I found for idiots like me to figure out this mysterious “IP address” thing is to go System Preferences > Sharing, and temporarily turn on “Web Sharing” just so it will show you your IP.
And obviously, you need to make sure your mobile is using your local wifi.
Thank’s, that’s great, now i only need to figure out this: i use MAMP PRO, and i have created multiple hosts, one for every website i create, with your help i can access to the default localhost but not to the rest of the hosts i’ve created.
manu3l9816 saidThank’s, that’s great, now i only need to figure out this: i use MAMP PRO, and i have created multiple hosts, one for every website i create, with your help i can access to the default localhost but not to the rest of the hosts i’ve created.
Sorry I have no idea. My setup is so simple, but that’s about the extent of my limited server knowledge. I’ve never used MAMP pro, I just file all my sites under different directories of my local host.
Thank's, that's great, now i only need to figure out this: i use MAMP PRO, and i have created multiple hosts, one for every website i create, with your help i can access to the default localhost but not to the rest of the hosts i've created.
I don’t know how to target specific websites. But I do know that you can access the localhost directory. In MAMP the first default host is “localhost”, if you change the Disk location to the directory of your website, you can access the website on your iPad.
You’ll have to change this every time you want to see a different site.
Just follow ThemeBlvd instructions, and make sure you change MAMPS local host disk location directory.