title: How to set the base url in drupal
body: <p>Where I can set the base url for drupal site. Currently when I go to the site in my localhost, it redirects to the original site. Please help me.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried setting the $base_url in the sites/default/settings.php</p>
  
  <p>Here is  the portion where I set the base url</p>
  
  <pre><code>/**
   * Base URL (optional).
   *
   * If you are experiencing issues with different site domains,
   * uncomment the Base URL statement below (remove the leading hash sign)
   * and fill in the URL to your Drupal installation.
   *
   * You might also want to force users to use a given domain.
   * See the .htaccess file for more information.
   *
   * Examples:
   *   $base_url = 'http://www.example.com';
   *   $base_url = 'http://www.example.com:8888';
   *   $base_url = 'http://www.example.com/drupal';
   *   $base_url = 'https://www.example.com:8888/drupal';
   *
   * It is not allowed to have a trailing slash; Drupal will add it
   * for you.
   */
  # $base_url = 'http://www.example.com';  // NO trailing slash!
  $base_url = 'http://localhost/mysite';  // NO trailing slash!
  </code></pre>