Modrewrite questions

**GeorgeB** · September 17th, 2011, 21:51

I currently have a mod setup so when someone visits http://chat.domain.com/chat.php it shows http://chat.domain.com instead, but I am noticing it not doing that.

Does anyone know the proper way to set it up to show just http://chat.domain.com?

Thanks.

**iBrightDev** · September 20th, 2011, 08:56

something like this should work...

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /subdomain/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?([a-z0-9-]+).domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)chat.php [NC,QSA]

but, why are you using a mod-rewrite for this and not just having a subdomain setup? or are you just trying to make chat.php look like it is index.php? if that is the case, just rename chat.php and any code referencing chat.php to be index.php and problem solved.

**GeorgeB** · September 20th, 2011, 09:02

Originally Posted by iBrightDev

something like this should work...

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /subdomain/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?([a-z0-9-]+).domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)chat.php [NC,QSA]

but, why are you using a mod-rewrite for this and not just having a subdomain setup? or are you just trying to make chat.php look like it is index.php? if that is the case, just rename chat.php and any code referencing chat.php to be index.php and problem solved.

I have a subdomain set up chat.domain.com. I have a mod rewrite setup so that chat.domain.com/chat.php shows up as chat.domain.com but in the browser, I notice chat.domain.com/chat.php which is fine I guess, but if possible, rather it just be chat.domain.com

**GeorgeB** · September 20th, 2011, 09:05

Still shows chat.domain.com/chat.php

**iBrightDev** · September 20th, 2011, 09:16

hmmm, that was just a quick type out. i will do a mod re-write search and see if i can find something to help you out. mod-rewrite is a pain in the ---. but, still, why are you not just calling it index.php for the chat subdomain?

**GeorgeB** · September 20th, 2011, 09:37

Originally Posted by iBrightDev

hmmm, that was just a quick type out. i will do a mod re-write search and see if i can find something to help you out. mod-rewrite is a pain in the ---. but, still, why are you not just calling it index.php for the chat subdomain?

Forgot to mention that I did try changing chat.php to index.php a while back, and it didn't work.

**iBrightDev** · September 20th, 2011, 09:52

well, you cant just change it, im sure the is code that relies on chat.php being named chat.php, so, you would have to mod some code, or, you could create an index.php file and do...

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