[mod_rewrite] subdomain

grezly · 04-14-2009, 03:10 AM

I'm currently hosting my website on a external server (provider).
Now i'm trying to achieve the following:

I want to create for the user on my website a subdomain.

Not a 'real' subdomain, but only a nice and easy name.

For example: my website is example.com
A user has registerd on my website, his name is test.

The user can now visit his website on test.example.com.
When the user visits that site, it gets redirect to example.com/index.php/user/test.

A nice job for mod_rewrite, i think

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So i've created the next .htaccess in the root directory.

Code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/index.php/user/%1 [L,R=301]

But when i visit that website, it says that the website isn't found.

Did i make an error in the configuration file, or could it be an other problem i didn't think about of?

bathory · 04-14-2009, 03:31 AM

Quote:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/index.php/user/%1

That "%1" at the end should be "$1" instead

grezly · 04-14-2009, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

That "%1" at the end should be "$1" instead

Indeed, changed it but still the same error...

bathory · 04-14-2009, 03:53 AM

Take a look at error_log to see where is your request redirected.
Also check this example that is similar to what you want to achieve.

grezly · 04-15-2009, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Take a look at error_log to see where is your request redirected.
Also check this example that is similar to what you want to achieve.

When i view the access log i don't see anything (ofcourse), but when i visit the error log i see a message:

Code:

[Tue Apr 14 16:54:25 2009] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden: /path/to/document_root/index.pl

At that time i did a request like: http://test.example.com.

Sounds familiar?

bathory · 04-15-2009, 02:08 AM

It's not familiar, but anyway doing a little search, I think that it's better to move the "Options +FollowSymlinks" from .htaccess into the <Directory ...> part of the vhost test.domain.com.
Also make sure you have at least "AllowOverride Options" or "AllowOverride All" into the same <Directory ..> part.