Question

I need to understand url mod-rewrite but couldn’t get the basic at all.

I want to change http://www.domain.com/folder/page.php?id=1 to 1.domain.com

1. I created a wildcard subdomain (*.domain.com) and the problem is, where should I point the subdomain to? is it public_html/ or public_html/folder/ ?

2. Which htaccess file should I modify? is it in public_html/ or public_html/folder/ ?

3. What’s the link to the page.php? is it a href=”1.domain.com” or a href=”www.domain.com/folder/page.php?id=1″

Thank you very much 😀 really appreciate your help 😀

EDIT :

.htaccess code :

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com$ [NC] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?([^.]+).domain.com$ [NC] 
RewriteRule ^$ /file.php?item=%2 [QSA,nc]

I typed 1.domain.com but it’s showing no server found.

Answer 1

1. That strongly depends on your setup. Point it to the same directory where you’ll put the .htaccess in. Most of the time a subdomain points to an extra directory i.e. public_html/1/ where you can put the .htaccess in and separate it’s logic from the rest of your website.
2. That one where the subdomain points to, see answer 1. 🙂
3. The link will be a href=”1.domain.com”