Apache Question... mod_rewrite or redirect???

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Tue Nov 14 10:50:41 EST 2000


I don't think I want to ask why you are using cookies...

Perhaps you could still use the VirtualHost directive but _NOT_
point them at different content?

-derek

"Phil Buckley" <phil at 1918.com> writes:

> Well, they do all point to the same set of docs, but I also need them to=
>  physically rewrite the URL to be abc.com, otherwise, the cookie scheme can=
>  get screwy because cookies are held to a different domain...
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> On 11/14/00 at 10:29 AM Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> >Do you want all of abc.com, def.com, et. al. to all server the same
> >content?  If so, then you don't need to do anything other than point
> >all of those names at your one server.  Otherwise, if you want to
> >serve different content, you could just use the <VirtualHost>
> >directive based on the different names and point them to different
> >content.
> >
> >I don't think you need to Rewrite or Redirect in this case.
> >
> >-derek
> >
> >"Phil Buckley" <phil at 1918.com> writes:
> >
> >> I'm just starting my long journey today into having multiple domains all=
>  point and actually re-write themselves into a common url - for cookies=
>  that track a shopper through an ecommerce site...
> >> 
> >> Here's my question, the client has 8 or ten domains that all point to a=
>  single directory, I want to use apache 1.3.9 to rewrite:
> >> abc.com, def.com, ghi.com jkl.com all to xyz.com
> >> 
> >> Here's what I think might work, but I wondering if someone else already=
>  has done some of this and can see a glaring mistake
> >> 
> >>  RewriteEngine        on
> >>  RewriteLogLevel      9
> >>  RewriteLog logs/www.salvytheflorist.com-rewrite_log
> >>  RewriteRule ^/abc.com([^/]+)/?(.*)       /xyz.com/$1/$2
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> Phil
> >>  
> >> 
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