vhost-manager

Modified version of the *nix version created by https://github.com/tobius

To use the (sort of) automated sites folder on windows with xampp

• disable UAC (otherwise the script will alert you every time it runs)
  • go to control panel > system and security > Change User Account Control settings
  • move slider to the bottom (do not notify)
• open cmd as admin (symlinks cannot be created unless in admin cmd)
  • hit the windows key or click the start bubble
  • type "cmd" and hit ctrl+shift+enter (at the same time)
• set up environment
  • mkdir c:\bin
  • copy vhost and runvhost.bat to c:\bin
  • edit the vhost file where it says "[YOUR_WINDOWS_USER_NAME_HERE]" to ... your windows user name
  • mkdir c:\sites
  • cd c:\sites
  • mklink /D sitename c:\work\site\sitepublicfolder
  • repeat for all additional sites
• if you have custom environment settings:
  • open a new notepad instance
  • in an empty text file, type or paste custom environment lines
  • save to c:\sites.sitename (no extension!)
  • repeat for all additional sites with custom environment settings Windows makes it absurdly complicated to get a scheduled task that runs without popping up a window in front of you every 5 minutes, so scheduled tasks are out.
    Your best bet is
• create a shortcut on the desktop
  • Target: C:\bin\runvhost.bat
  • Run: Minimized
  • Advanced: Run as administrator

Now when you add a new symlink, click the shortcut AND PRESTO!

For updating everything even if nothing has "changed", such as config files getting corrupted, there is -force

php c:\bin\vhost -force