Does anybody know of a script (either free or commercial) that I would need in order to automatically assign an end-user/site-registrant to a subdomain?

ex.

first person who signs up to site is assigned to: 1.example.com
second person who signs up to site is assigned to: 2.example.com
third person who signs up to site is assigned to: 3.example.com

...and so on.

just write it yourself

If your really learning PHP then this will be a good project to get your teeth into

you've got a point.

but i'm also looking to make things work on the fly, too.


the ability to reference a script, for instance; or to ask fellow programmers about such things can also be illuminating for students- as the more experienced typically have a way of broadening your understanding, or making certain concepts or insights immediately available to you; and a REALLY Good teacher, will often give you immediate insight that'd probably take years of self-study to recognize.

Such is the advantage of referencing pre-made scripts, and gaining insight from others more experienced.

At least, that's why I ask questions on this board

This isn't really a PHP question. Sure you could write a script that creates physical subdomains for each user on your server (using exec), but most likely you don't need a physical subdomain. You can use .htaccess to create virtual subdomains instead. This way you get the URL you want (ie user.domain.com) without configuring an actual subdomain for each user.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Nice. Thank you. I will be looking at this and working it out.

Just to get you on the right track, you can configure your subdomains so they all point to one subfolder on your site.

In cPanel you'll want to do *.yourdomain.com and point it to some subfolder. Then in your php you can parse the domain to see what subdomain was used.