[SOLVED] URL Forwarding Problem.

[ICONISE]

Hey guys,

 

Im having a problem which hopefully you guys can help me out with.

 

I have Dada mail installed on my website which works absolutely fine on my website if used from http://www.iconise.net

 

But... if I use http://iconise.net problems start to occur.

 

My hosts say that it is not possible to auto forward everything to http://www.iconise.net and they say I would need as php script to forward from http://iconise.net to http://www.iconise.net.

 

The only forwarding script that i know is an OnLoad forward to.... but this causes a loop where the page refreshes, can someone please point me in the right direction on how to fix this please?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

[Psycho]

Save this as a php file and include it at the top of all your pages to force the user to the www path for all pages.

 

<?php

if ($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]=='http://iconise.net') {
  header("Location: http://www.iconise.net".$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
}

?> 

[boo_lolly]

mj is right, however, your host doesn't know what they're talking about... it IS possible to forward it. it's called mod_rewrite. also, it can be done with an apache configuration in the httpd.conf file.

[ICONISE]

Save this as a php file and include it at the top of all your pages to force the user to the www path for all pages.

 

<?php

if ($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]=='http://iconise.net') {
  header("Location: http://www.iconise.net".$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
}

?> 

 

I have tried this, although I cant get it to work.  I have saved the php in a file called forward.php

 

and im using:

 

<?php require_once('forward.php'); ?>

 

at the top of my web page.

 

Is this right? Im pretty new to PHP so sorry if this is a little dumb.

[boo_lolly]

contact your hosting company and tell them they are retards. then ask to speak with a 'Level 2 Tech', and have them change it for you. this should be done on the server level, not the scripting level.

[ICONISE]

I have spoke to support once again and they say that this is not possible on server level.  They are using Zeus Web Servers.

 

They cannot change mod_rewrite. as that is Apache only.

 

Does anyone know a solution that can be achieved code wise?

 

[jcbarr]

Get a new host...lol

[boo_lolly]

Get a new host...lol

 

i agree. whoever your hosting company is... they are a discrace to the web hosting service and I.T. companies everywhere. they do NOT know what they are doing... and you do NOT want them in control of your site.

[ICONISE]

Thanks for the advice, Im currently with Namesco.  Im thinking of moving to 1and1.

 

Any recommendations?

 

 

[Psycho]

Going to a better host would probably be a better solution. But, for now, what problems are you having using the above script? Any errors, or is it having no effect at all?

[ICONISE]

It seems to be having no effect at all, all the code is in place and live on the website.

 

http://iconise.net

http://www.iconise.net

 

Thanks for the help.

[Psycho]

Try using this to echo the value to the page, then set the value in the if statement:

 

echo $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];

[ICONISE]

Yeah that has solved the problem, when I used:

 

<?php echo $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]; ?>

 

It returned 'iconise.net' without the 'http://' prefix.

 

I simply removed the 'http://' prefix from the original code from Mjdamato

 

The working code is:

 

<?php

if ($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]=='iconise.net') {
  header("Location: http://www.iconise.net".$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
}

?>

 

Many thanks to Mjdamato.