subdomain problem

[robert_gsfame]

would like to create a subdomain for user and everything will be redirected to page1.php

The problem is that when there is a special character in the subdomain let say

 

Da-vinci.mydomain.com or Da_vinci.mydomain.com

Url appears this way:  Da-vinci.mydomain.com/page1.php?user=Da-vinci

 

I wish to have this only Da-vinci.mydomain.com or Da_vinci.mydomain.com without any page1.php?user=Da-vinci

 

Can anyone help me with my .htaccess??

 

Below is what i did

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

Options +FollowSymLinks

Options +Indexes

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.mydomain.com$ [NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([a-z0-9-]+).mydomain.com [NC]

RewriteRule (.*) page1.php?user=%1 [L]

</IfModule>

 

 

thanks for any helps, as i really newbie on this matter

[cags]

I don't understand the question, the code you currently have seems to achieve what you seem to want. Obviously it's not though otherwise you wouldn't have posted. Please give an example in this format....

 

Requested URL = the address your typing in to test it

Actual file URL = the address of the file you wish to show, including the query string

Desired Addressbar URL = the value you wish to appear in the address bar, only applies if it's different to Requested URL

Problem = whichever one of these things is not occurring, and what the value your getting is

[robert_gsfame]

url typed: da_vinci.mydomain.com

Appeared on url: da_vinci.mydomain.com/page1.php?user=da_vinci

(i don't want the bold one appear)

Desired url : da_vinci.mydomain.com

 

If i type: davinci.mydomain.com

No problem exists as i have only davinci.mydomain.com typed on url

 

The problem is the underscore character

 

[cags]

Thinking about it, I don't think underscore is a valid subdomain character, that could well be the problem. I think they have to be [a-zA-Z0-9-].