Web Application Architechture Part II

[eluser]Neeraj Kumar[/eluser]
Hi all!

I have already asked this question but I am still facing this problem.

I want to use wildcard subdomains for my next web app. I am developing it on a windows machine with Apache PHP and MySQL.

basic structure of my app will be:

* There will a custom subdomain url for each of client of my web app. for eg.

Code:

user.domain.tld

which has to be mapped to

Code:

domain.tld/index.php/company/index/user

Right now I am developing this web app locally therefore I need to set this up on my local machine.

Till now what I have learnt from various tutorials on the internet is:

1) I need to edit and add manually subdomains in my hosts file.
I did this in mmy etc\hosts:

Code:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1    test.localhost
127.0.0.1    abc.localhost

2) I need to do something with my apache configuration.

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName localhost
   ServerAlias *.localhost
   DocumentRoot "f:/wamp/www"
</VirtualHost>

3) then I need to write an .htaccess rewrite cond to remap my url to something else.

out of above steps, step 1 was what I was able to conquer. With rest of the steps i need help. I am using WAMP on windows vista.

so my questions in general:

1) I want to use wildcard subdomains in my CI app. best example of this is: Basecamp from 37signals http://www.basecamphq.com/

2) what is the best way of doing this, on localhost as well as on real domain.

3) if anybody has already accomplished this, please guide me with the steps.

[eluser]Neeraj Kumar[/eluser]
anyone?

[eluser]DCZ[/eluser]
(I'm not used to working on windows, but I assume Apache works in the same way as on linux :-))
I'll give an example of redirecting a subdomain to a specific folder.

Step 2. (edit httpd.conf)
ServerName mysubdomain.server.tld
NameVirtualHost *:80

<Directory "/www/subdomain">
AllowOverride None
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

#Default webpage, when accessing the server without subdomain
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /www/domain
ServerName www.server.tld
...
</VirtualHost>

#Accessing a subdomain
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /www/subdomain
ServerName www.mysubdomain.server.tld
...
</VirtualHost>

3. Done ;-)


So in the Apache you define a directory where you files are located (if it is not the default document root)
Then you create a virtualhost for each subdomain and point to the a different documentroot.

Hopes this helps

[eluser]Neeraj Kumar[/eluser]
Hi DCZ,

Your method seems to be good, But I think, I can do same using .htaccess ?

Is it right?

[eluser]DCZ[/eluser]
Yes it is possible.

Maybe read this post: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/3555.htm