Question

for example, i have mysite.com and beta.mysite.com. both point to the same index file using the virtualHost directive. what will i do in the apache conf so that when i access the $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], the value would still be mysite.com?

this should be flexible that only the beta would be removed.

Answer 1

Maybe you could use a ServerAlias in your VirtualHost directive, and use only one VirtualHost directive:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName mysite.com
  ServerAlias beta.mysite.com
  ...
</VirtualHost>