Creating subdomains with PHP

[MrXander]

Hi there,

 

I'm currently looking to do something on my new website. Once a user signs up, I want them to be able to instantly go to theirname.mywebsite.com... is there any tutorials around that will help me do this?

 

Thanks in advance

[revraz]

I see two things you have to do.

 

One is make a folder where their files reside.

 

Two is modify the .htaccess file to point requests to their folder.

[MrXander]

Alright... any idea how I can go about doing that?

[revraz]

You'll need to learn how to work with Files and creating sub folders.

 

Should be able to find tutorials on each

[MrXander]

I know how to make files and folders, and could very easily make it mywebsite.com/theirname, but I want subdomains :\

[revraz]

.htaccess does that for you so you can go to myfolder.domain.com

[revraz]

Looks like someone already made a script to do it all

 

http://www.webdesignhq.com/sitebuilder/manual/sub_readme.html

[runnerjp]

why not do it so its like.. mywebsite.com/myname

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /

 

 

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ /nameofpage.php?username=$1

[trq]

Doing this really depends on exactly what you want viewed when a user type http://username.yoursite.com. If its a case of a simple user profile, your rule might look like....

 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.domain\.com
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$  viewprofile.php$1 [L]

 

Then in viewprofile.php (which is actually in your root directory)you would run a query based on the username passed via $_GET. eg;

 

<?php

  if (isset($_GET['user'])) {
    $username = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['user']);
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$username'";
    // execute the query and display the users profile.
  }

?>

 

Hope this helps some.