Setup Apache with PHP7 and .local top level domains on macOS

Step 1:
Edit your /etc/hosts file by adding these lines for each project

::1 <projectname>.local
127.0.0.1 <projectname>.local

Replace <projectname> with the name you want. The TLD ending will be .local.

Save.

Step 2:
Edit you /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Enable the following modules by removing the # before LoadModule on each corresponding line:
deflate_module
expires_module
session_module
ssl_module
rewrite_module
php7_module

Step 3:
Find the lines that say

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">

And change that to

DocumentRoot "/Users/<username>/Sites"
<Directory "/Users/<username>/Sites">

where <username> is your macOS user.

Step 4:
Find these lines:

# Virtual hosts
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Add one line:

Include /private/etc/apache2/vhosts/*.conf

Step 5:

Find

Group _www

Change to 

Group staff

Save.

Step 6:
In /etc/apache2 create a subfolder /vhosts

In that folder create a _default.conf file with this content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Users/<username>/Sites"
</VirtualHost>

Again, replace the <username>.

Step 7:
In the /vhosts subfolder create a file called <projectname>.local.conf for each project

Add these lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Users/<username>/Sites/<projectname>"
    ServerName <projectname>.local
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/<projectname>.local-error_log"
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/<projectname>.local-access_log" common

    <Directory "/Users/<username>/Sites/<projectname>">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Again, replace the <username> and <projectname>.

Save.

Step 8:
Create a folder named Sites in /Users/<username>/
It will automatically have the Safari folder icon.

Future projects will be placed there.
/Users/<username>/Sites/<projectname>

Step 9:

Restart apache using this Terminal command:

sudo apachectl restart

Try to open http://<projectname>.local in your browser. It should just work.

You need to restart Apache everytime you add a new vhost.

No https for now. Will update this guide soon.