How do i create a virtual subdomain using htaccess?

Question

I would like to create virtual sub domains for clients who will have websites with us but the websites will be served from a single url in reality for example;

Customer requests website robshop.mywebsite.com so we create that on the fly but the content is actually served from mywebsite.com/websites/index.php?website=robshop

How do i do this?

Also my setup is with PHP and cPanel / WHM server.

Here is the htaccess code i have tried so far;

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^robshop.instamob.co.uk
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !instamob.co.uk/websites/index.php?website=robshop
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ instamob.co.uk/websites/index.php?website=robshop$1 [L]

Max Hudson · Answer 1 · 2012-07-11T20:51:12.527

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Place this in a .htaccess file in your top directory:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^robshop.instamob.co.uk
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !websites/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ websites/$1 [L]

If you need that $_GET submission, then you need to create a directory inside websites for each subdomain (ie instamob.co.uk/websites/robshop/) and then have an index.php for that directory that you want to show

edited Jul 11 '12 at 20:51

answered Jul 11 '12 at 20:20

Max Hudson

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i have placed the code into my htaccess but i am taken away to show the website does not exist. Here is sample link: robshop.instamob.co.uk – Rob Kelly Jul 11 '12 at 20:36
try that... i removed the forward slash before the last $1 – Max Hudson Jul 11 '12 at 20:37
also please post the code in your original post that you placed in the file – Max Hudson Jul 11 '12 at 20:38
tried those changes and no luck. I have added the code above. Could it be a dns issue with cPanel? – Rob Kelly Jul 11 '12 at 20:44

How do i create a virtual subdomain using htaccess?

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