## # Host Database # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface ## #... 127.0.0.1 symfony.local From now on, everytime you type symfony.local on this computer, your computer will use the loopback interface to connect to symfony.local. It will understand that you want to work on localhost (127.0.0.1). More @Wikipedia
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