What are the potential risks of installing XAMPP on the C: drive for local testing purposes, and what are the recommended alternatives?

Installing XAMPP on the C: drive for local testing purposes can pose security risks as it gives the web server full access to your system files. It is recommended to install XAMPP on a separate drive or partition to isolate the web server from your system files. Alternatively, you can use virtualization software like VirtualBox to create a virtual environment for testing. 

// Example PHP code snippet to create a virtual host in XAMPP

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/myproject"
    ServerName myproject.local
    <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/myproject">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

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