A windows batch file to automate my tasks with projects. Just save in yours project server root and run in comand line: newproject.bat www.myproject.com I use EasyPHP, but feel free to customize the script and share.

newproject.bat

@ECHO OFF & setLocal enabledelayedexpansion

TITLE CREATE A NEW PROJECT
COLOR F0

::location of vhosts
SET BASEURL=E:\www\
SET WINBASEURL=E:/www/

IF %1.==. GOTO No1

IF EXIST %BASEURL%%1 ECHO The specified site folder already exists! Choose another. 
IF EXIST %BASEURL%%1 GOTO No1

SET NEWLINE=^& ECHO.
FIND /C /I "%1" %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
:: IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 ECHO %NEWLINE%>>%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
:: IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 ECHO 127.0.0.1   %1>>%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
ECHO %NEWLINE%>>%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
ECHO 127.0.0.1   %1>>%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

ECHO %NEWLINE%>>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%#%1# >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%^<VirtualHost %1^> >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%       DocumentRoot "%WINBASEURL%%1" >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%       ServerName %1 >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%       ServerAlias %1 >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%       ^<Directory "%WINBASEURL%%1"^> >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%           Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%           Order allow,deny >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%           Allow from all >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%       ^</Directory^> >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"
ECHO %NEWLINE%   ^</VirtualHost^> >>"C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.9\conf_files\httpd.conf"

GOTO End1

:No1
  ECHO No param  sitename
  
GOTO End1

:End1