read a URL

[Anon]

Need help reading a URL. I have configured all third level domain names to resolve to my index page. based on the third level domain name, (i.e. www.clientname.myname.com ). I want to be able to read and parse the URL, so I can redirect the user from the index page based on the third level domain name used to access the page. Can anyone help me?

[znouza]

you should read mod_rewrite magic ;-)

if my memory works good, there is the right example for you

[maxholman]

Here is an example of mod_rewrite for anyone interested, which I use to pull files from a specific directory relating to the hostname requested...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower

RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} blueroo.net$
RewriteRule ^(.)$ /path/to/web/sites/%{HTTP_HOST}$1
RewriteCond /path/to/web/sites/${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.)$ /path/to/websites/nosite.php

Accessing test.example.com will effectively use /path/to/web/sites/test.example.com as DocumentRoot.

Adding new hosts is as easy as creating the relevant directory.

If a hostname is accessed and the related directory does not exist, it will display the contents of nosite.php

I combine this with DNS records allowing *.example.com to resolve to my site.

Hope this helps

Max