A small php script you can use to add quickly a new vhost in apache

addwebsite

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php

if (posix_getuid() !== 0){
    die("Please run this as root/sudo\n");
}
$apacheTemplate = "<VirtualHost *:port>
ServerAdmin server_admin
    ServerName server_name
    ServerAlias server_alias
    DocumentRoot document_root
     
    <Directory document_root/>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
    </Directory>
     
</VirtualHost>";

$values = [
    "server_name" => null,
    "server_alias" => null,
    "document_root" => null,
    "port" => null,
    "server_admin" => null
];

foreach($values as $k => &$v){
    while(is_null($v)) {
        if($k == "port"){
            $v = 80;
        }elseif ($k == "server_admin"){
            $v = "admin@example.com";
        }elseif($k == "server_alias"){
            $v = $values["server_name"];
        }
        $input = readline("Enter " . str_replace("_", " ", ucfirst($k)) . " ".($k == "document_root" ? "(expands symbolic links)" :"").(!is_null($v) ? "(optional, defaults to $v)" :"").": ");
        if(!empty($input)){
            if($k == "document_root" && strpos($input,".") === 0){
                $input = realpath($input);
            }
            $v = $input;
        }
    }
}

if(is_null($values["server_alias"]) && !is_null($values["server_name"])){
    $values['server_alias'] = $values['server_name'];
}

if(in_array(null, $values)){
    die("Please add all the required options\n");
}
$config = str_replace(array_keys($values), array_values($values), $apacheTemplate);
if(file_exists("/etc/apache2/sites-available/{$values['server_name']}.conf")){
    die("/etc/apache2/sites-available/{$values['server_name']}.conf already exists");
}
file_put_contents("/etc/apache2/sites-available/{$values['server_name']}.conf", $config);
$output = shell_exec("a2ensite {$values['server_name']} && service apache2 reload");
echo "\n$output\n";
file_put_contents("/etc/hosts","\n127.0.0.1\t{$values["server_name"]}", FILE_APPEND);

exit("Website is ready! Visit http://".$values['server_name']."\n");