mod_rewrite subdomains

**techwench** · 02-09-2005, 07:05 PM

Okay...does anyone know how the heck to make mod_rewrite work with subdomains?

Here's what I have so far...I have mod_rewrite changing urls from: site.com/profile.php?uid=1234
to: site.com/profile/1234/

Here's the code I'm using now in my .htaccess file:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /+[^\.]+$
RewriteRule ^(.+[^/])$ /$1/ [R,L]
 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /profile.php?uid=$1

Is there anyway to get profile.php?uid=$uid to change to $uid.site.com?

**techwench** · 03-09-2005, 12:59 PM

Fast forward 1 month....

Ta DA! Still no answers.

**Anacrusis** · 03-09-2005, 01:08 PM

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it can't be done. Sub domains work off of DNS, so if there is no DNS entry for profile.site.com, the DNS lookup will fail and the browsers request will never make it to the server for the rewrite to happen.

**techwench** · 03-09-2005, 01:11 PM

Yeah, you're probably right. Never thought of it that way.

**tress** · 03-10-2005, 06:43 PM

Set up wildcard DNS, then add/change ServerAlias in your <VirtualHost> block to *.yourdomain.com.

**techwench** · 03-10-2005, 07:37 PM

Naw. These guys got a cheapie hosting package that's pretty limited. They don't even have SSH access, so I'm just going to have to tell them it can't be done. Thanks.