Subdomains and GET variables

[therealwesfoster]

I'm having trouble getting this to work for me. I always get a page load error when trying out different .htaccess methods I've found online. None work :/

 

Here's what I'm trying to do (the underlined words mean they correlate) :

Turn http://wes.sitename.com/cars/online/list?id=15

Into ./list.php?name=wes&id=15

 

So see, I'm wanting to take the subdomain and use it as the first GET var, and anything after /list to be added onto the list.php?name=wes.....

 

A good example of what I'm looking for is used on backpage .com. You'll see the subdomain as well as the additional GET vars.

 

I hope I make sense

[corbin]

I would probably set up a wildcard virtualhost in Apache (google it), and then I would make the index file handle requests based on the URI.  For example, you could parse the blah out of blah.sitename.com/something and use it in combination with something to handle the request.

 

 

Oh, this will probably make you laugh a little:

 

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,687,746.PN.&OS=PN/6,687,746&RS=PN/6,687,746

 

Don't be scared by it though, since I'm fairly sure everyone in the world has ignored it.  (Yeah, I just suggested infringing a patent.)

 

Edit:  Actually, I think it was revoked in 04 now that I reread that page.

[therealwesfoster]

Ok, I've setup the wildcard subdomains. Working good.

 

Now here's my problem, the page goes on a never-ending loop when I try to load "CITY.SITE.COM".

 

Here's my sample .htaccess

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

# HAS SUBDOMAIN?
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^((??!www))[\w-]+)\.SITE\.net [NC]


RewriteRule ^((??!online))[\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/mod/([\w-]+)		./$3.php?subdomain=%1&cat=$1&slug=$2 [NC,L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^((??!online))[\w-]+)/mod/([\w-]+)			./$2.php?subdomain=%1&cat=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^online/mod/([\w-]+)							./$1.php?metro=%1 [NC,L,QSA]

 

Any help? Any more info i need to post?

 

Wes

[corbin]

Hrmm stupid question.

 

?!

 

What does that mean?  I kno what ?: means (and ? of course), but never seen ?! before.

 

 

I don't see anything that should cause a never ending loop x.x.  Does the error log say what line the loop is?

[therealwesfoster]

?! is a negative lookahead

 

And there is no error message, firefox stops the process because it's a "never-ending loop".

 

The first part of this top has been solved thanks to the [QSA] flag. I'm still having troubles with the subdomain part though.

 

I'll continue to play with it while I wait for replies. I'll let you know if I figure it out. So until then, help away

 

Wes