title: xampp 1.8.2/3 virtual host setup = access forbidden 403 except localhost/phpmyadmin
body: <p>its a shame, but i have been stuck on setting up the virtual host for a few days, and im here for some help. i have set up virtual hosts before with previous versions of xampp, but xampp 1.8.2 and 1.8.3 are just about to make me pull my hair out.</p>
  
  <p>osx 10.9</p>
  
  <p>after uncommenting the include for httpd-vhosts.conf (in httpd.conf), localhost and everything else gets the 403 error with the exception of localhost/phpmyadmin</p>
  
  <p>in my httpd-vhosts.conf:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
      DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/website”
      ServerName website.com
      &lt;Directory “/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/website”&gt;
           Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
           AllowOverride All
           Require all granted
      &lt;/Directory&gt;
  &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i have tried the following so far:
  -changing the user and group in httpd.conf from daemon and daemon to myusername and admin
  - in httpd.conf, i even tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;Directory /&gt;
         AllowOverride None
         Require all granted
      &lt;/Directory&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this would return a 404 error instead when i try to access localhost or any name listed in the hosts file that redirects to 127.0.0.1 </p>