Question

I have problem with ‘dynamic subdomains’ on zend_router_hostname, i have code like(i don’t have subdomains like that but whant use subdomain as route parametr):

protected function _initRoutes() {
        $front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
        $router = $front->getRouter();
        $config = $this->getOptions();
        Zend_Registry::set("config", $config);
        $routerHost = new Zend_Controller_Router_Hostname(':language.mysite.local',
                        array('controller' => 'index',
                            'action' => 'index',
                            'language'=>'pl')
);
        $router->addDefaultRoutes();
        $routes = $router->getRoutes();
        foreach ($routes as $key => $routeEntry) {
            $router->addRoute($key, $routeHost->chain($routeEntry));
        }
    }

But when I try do call eg.: pl.mysite.local i get Server not found error.
My /etc/hosts file is:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.2.1       mysite.local
127.0.3.1       mysite.dev
127.0.4.1       mysite.production

And my vhost config is:

VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "/var/www/mysite/public"
   ServerName mysite.local
   ServerAlias *.mysite.local
   # This should be omitted in the production environment
   SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development
   <Directory "/var/www/mysite/public">
       Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride All
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
   </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

I tried to use dnsmasq with entry like:

address=/local/127.0.0.1

But problem still occurs, i dont know how to resolve this situation, any clue what i’m doing wrong?

Answer 1

Adding wildcards to /etc/hosts is not possible but, also required in our case.
However, this is how to go about it:

Install dnsmasq

then,

cp /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq-base/examples/dnsmasq.conf.example /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf

then, edit your /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf and add:

address=/mysite.local/127.0.0.1
listen-address=127.0.0.1

Start DNSMASQ:

~$ sudo ./usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq

Further, instead of using Zend_Controller_Router_Hostname use Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Hostname

Go through the document and you should be OK!

$toRoute = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Hostname(
    ':language.mysite.local',
    array(
        'controller' => 'index',
        'action' => 'index',
        'language' => 'pl')
    ) );

PS: Don’t forget to mention nameserver as 127.0.0.1 in /etc/resolv.conf . At times, restarting system helps!

Enjoy coding! 🙂