On my install I have a folder in htdocs called imdb
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/imdb
*CAKEPHP is installed here
Open and Edit
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
Add in the following snippet
alias /imdb /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/imdb/app/webroot
<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/imdb/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
