[phpdoctor]

Ok i made a thread before about sending the subdomain to php and decided to go
with wildcard subdomain: *.domain.co.nz (used cPanel and works good)

Now i want to get the sub domain out with php...
I tryed using parse_url() but i doesnt work and i also tryed user made code and that didnt that well...

Examples:
http://www.sub.mysite.co.nz
http://sub.mysite.co.nz

These will return "sub" or false if the url is normal like this:
http://www.mysite.co.nz
http://mysite.co.nz

Also what do i use to even get the url... i used $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Lex

[Ligx]

PHP Code:

$url = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$sub = explode('.', $url);
echo $sub[0]; 

That should do it.

[phpdoctor]

Returns www if... http://www.sub.mysite.co.nz
I know just removed the 'www.' then done something similar to your code...

I relised that this easier then i thought lol

Thanks,
Lex

[Ligx]

you got an whole array there, so if you do
print_r($sub);
you would get all the items separated by the dot.
if your site is www.mine.mysite.com and you want to get out <mine>, you could:

PHP Code:

$url = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$sub = explode('.', $url);
echo $sub[1]; 

[Keith]

Another rare use for the do-while loop!

PHP Code:

$host = explode( '.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] );

do
{
    $sub = array_shift( $host );    
}
while ( 'www' == $sub && ! empty( $host ) ); 

Or:

PHP Code:

// specify root hostname and empty $sub
$root = 'domain.co.nz';
$sub  = '';

// parse current hostname
$host = preg_replace( '/' . preg_quote( $root, '/' ) . '$/i', NULL, $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] );

// grab sub hostname
$host = explode( '.', $host );
do
{
    $sub = array_pop( $host );    
}
while ( empty( $sub ) && ! empty( $host ) ); 

[phpdoctor]

omg array_shift() and do-while... awesome!
Thanks for that nice code

[wirehopper]

Glad you solved it.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by phpdoctor

omg array_shift() and do-while... awesome!
Thanks for that nice code

Take a look at both examples. They will produce different results.

When given the hostname: www.this.is.a.username.domain.co.nz:

Example #1: $sub === 'this';
Example #2: $sub === 'username';

[phpdoctor]

Ye i tryed some scenarios with your examples to test the differences...
I wont be using the long usernames like that so example #1 will work nicely.

Cheers,
Lex

[Keith]

But wildcards will resolve everything to your root.

According to your logic (using example 1), username.domain.co.nz will act the same as username.something.else.domain.co.nz.

In my honest opinion, example 2 would better serve you, making username.domain.co.nz and username.something.else.domain.co.nz two separate accounts.