Modrewrite Help! :)

[SmutNames]

Hey Guys,

Im trying to get modrewrite to automatically redirect domain names based on the name without having to do any setting up in the httpd.conf.

What i mean i have domain1.com

By default when that hits the server it should go to /www/hosts/domain1.com without having to setup anything specific for that domain.

Now ive got it mostly sorted out... and it works.. if somebody types in www.domain1.com or http://www.domain1.com or even http://www.domain1.com/bullshit/8768768.htspujy

But i can't get it to work with just http://domain1.com

Heres a copy of the modrewrite code i have at the moment.. if anybody knows much about modrewrite i would LOVE if you could help me with this :)

RewriteEngine On

# a ServerName derived from a Host: header may be any case at all
RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower

## deal with normal documents first:
# allow Alias /icons/ to work - repeat for other aliases
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons/
# allow CGIs to work
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin/

# do the magic
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}} ^.*\.[a-z-]+\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+) ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
# now create the real file name
RewriteRule ^.*\.([a-z-]+\.com)(.*) /www/hosts/$1/$2

## and now deal with CGIs - we have to force a MIME type
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/
RewriteRule ^(.+) ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
RewriteRule ^.*\.([a-z-]+\.com)(.*) /www/hosts/$1/$2 [T=application/x-httpd-cgi]

[Edd]

Originally posted by SmutNames@Nov 3 2002, 06:33 AM

RewriteEngine On

# a ServerName derived from a Host: header may be any case at all
RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower

## deal with normal documents first:
# allow Alias /icons/ to work - repeat for other aliases
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons/
# allow CGIs to work
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin/

# do the magic
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}} ^.*\.[a-z-]+\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+) ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
# now create the real file name
RewriteRule ^.*\.([a-z-]+\.com)(.*) /www/hosts/$1/$2

## and now deal with CGIs - we have to force a MIME type
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/
RewriteRule ^(.+) ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
RewriteRule ^.*\.([a-z-]+\.com)(.*) /www/hosts/$1/$2 [T=application/x-httpd-cgi]
Smutnames -

I've got an idea for you to try - seems you have only one rule -
RewriteRule ^.*\.([a-z-]+\.com)(.*) /www/hosts/$1/$2

which, if I'm reading it right says to take
whatever.whatever.com and redirect it - so make another rule
and drop the first whatver, and put the rule just after the first one!
RewriteRule ^.\([a-z-]+\.com)(.*) /www/hosts/$1/$2

just a though - my modrewrite skills aren't that sharp...

tryHERE (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html) and HERE (http://www.bignosebird.com/apache/a9.shtml) for more infos!

[SmutNames]

Hmm.. tried it.. didn't work..

Its strange, how its just that i can't get to work.

Guess ive got to get myself an apache / modrewrite expert to help me out on this one :)

It's allready beyond my skills :)

[tinnitus]

RewriteRule ^.\([a-z-]+\.com)(.*) /www/hosts/$1/$2

That is close but not quite right -- this regular expression starts with:

^ = beginning of line
. = any single character
\( = a literal "(" character

The regular expression you want to match for "domain.com" is:

^([a-z]+\.com)(.*)

If you can't make sense of this, I can fix for you on your machine, please IM me (ICQ #21483582) -- it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.

[Edd]

hey thanks tinnitus! I thought I'd shaved off the right part but I guess I ws a few short! :D