Question

I’m doing a website with Yii, which consists of different modules that should be accessed from different top level domains. I need, because of that, that every base depends on the module. Plus, the country code should also be checked and sent as a get parameter. Something like this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.micrositedomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$   http://bigsite.com/microsite/$1?lang=en [QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.micrositedomain\.es$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$   http://bigsite.com/microsite/$1?lang=es [QSA]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.micrositedomain2\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$   http://bigsite.com/microsite2/$1?lang=en [QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.micrositedomain2\.es$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$   http://bigsite.com/microsite2/$1?lang=es [QSA]

However, I’m not pretty sure where to handle this. It should obviously be in an .htaccess in the root, but I don’t know how to mix it with my .htaccess already there:

RewriteEngine on
# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php

Also, I’m pretty sure that my hosting administrators should point each domain (www.micrositedomain.com, http://www.micrositedomain2.com…) to bigsite.com root, not each module, but I can’t really assure that.

Which step by step should I follow to accomplish that?

tl;dr

For those in a hurry, I want to:

• Rewrite urls from different domains/country codes to a single domain, and pass those parameters.
• Tell my hosting administrator where the domains should point to.

How would you solve this in my situation?

Answer 1

I’m not sure how to make it in .htaccess, but you could make it in yii config. Try something like this

'urlManager'=>array(
    'urlFormat'=>'path',
    'showScriptName'=>false,
    'rules'=>array(
        'http://<module:\w+>\.<domain:(micrositedomain|microdomain2)>\.<zone:(com|es)>/<controller>/<action>'=>'<module>/<controller>/<action>', 

After that you should put some MyController.php in components folder

class MYController extends CController
{
    public $domain='micrositedomain';
    public $language='en';

    public function init() {
        if(isset($_GET['zone']))
        {
            $this->language=($_GET['zone']=='com')?'en':$_GET['zone'];
        }
        if(isset($_GET['domain']))
        {
            $this->domain=$_GET['domain'];
        }
    }
}

All your controllers should extend this.

All your domains should point to directory with your application