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mod_rewrite for subdomains

I would like to achieve the following with mod_rewrite:

http://www.shire-biz.com - No change
or
http://shire-biz.com - No change

http://foo.shire-biz.com
to
index.php?option=com_webpage&username=foo

and

http://foo.shire-biz.com/page1.htm
to
index.php?option=com_webpage&username=foo&page=1

This has been suggested but isn't working:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([^.])\.shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(page([0-9]+)\.htm)?$ /index.php?option=com_webpage&username=%2&page=$2 [L]

Max points for urgency. Any help is appreciated.

ramazanyich

Try following config:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} foo.shire-biz.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^page.+
RewriteRule ^page(\d+)\.htm index.php?option=com_webpage&username=foo&page=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} foo.shire-biz.com [NC]
RewriteRule .+ index.php?option=com_webpage&username=foo [L]

Spunkymungbeans

ASKER

'foo' is a variable which could be anything. The subdomain represented by 'foo' will never be set up as a virtual host, which is why I need the mod_rewrite.

caterham_www

there's a + missing

([^.]+)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([^.]+)\.shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(page([0-9]+)\.htm)?$ /index.php?option=com_webpage&username=%2&page=$2 [L]

caterham_www

btw. the rewrite rule will only work in per-dir context; if you use it in per-server context (virtualhost, main server config section), you'll need to add a leading slash to the pattern:

RewriteRule ^/(page([0-9]+)\.htm)?$ /index.php?option=com_webpage&username=%2&page=$2 [L]

Spunkymungbeans

ASKER

Sorry its still not working. Here is the entry from my httpd.conf file:

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName shire-biz.com
ServerAlias www.shire-biz.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/shirebiz
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([^.]+)\.shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(page([0-9]+)\.htm)?$ /index.php?option=com_webpage&username=%2&page=$2 [L]
</VirtualHost>

You can test it by going to http://www.shire-biz.com. If you type http://smbeans.shire-biz.com you will be taken to another site - the main site on the server. If it works you will remain at shire-biz but be shown a testpage.

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Spunkymungbeans

ASKER

Yes! That did it.

Here is the full solution:

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName shire-biz.com
ServerAlias www.shire-biz.com *.shire-biz.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/shirebiz
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([^.]+)\.shire-biz\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(page([0-9]+)\.htm)?$ /index.php?option=com_webpage&username=%2&page=$2 [L]
</VirtualHost>