Virtual Host check local website first instead of online site

Question

Hello i am using xampp on my local computer and i created virtual host like www.abc.com my original website have same name. Can i set priority of my virtual host instead of online site. For example i hit www.abc.com it checks local site ("Which is inside xampp") if no website found than go online.

Answer 1

Create an entry in the host file of your OS. For Windows 7 it would be located in "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host".

Add a line like this "127.0.0.1 abc.com"

But keep in mind that if you do that you will always access your localhost until you remove the line again.