Hello everyone,
I am looking for a way to test .htaccess files and redirects before placing them live on a website. Previously, I had done this by having a domain set up as a "tester" domain on an Apache server, writing all redirects as if they applied to that URL, and testing them to see if they worked the way I intended. After I was satisfied they worked, I made any necessary domain substitutions (not usually necessary), and put the .htaccess file on the actual domain instead.
For various reasons, I don't have access to that set up any more. My first response was to say that we should buy a domain with company money (as opposed to my personal money), and host it on our company servers. Basically, recreating the same setup with company funds.
However, before we do that, my supervisor asked me to look into whether there were any other tools that could be used to do similar things and I was wondering if you all knew of any? Or is setting up an "empty" domain the best way to do it?
Would appreciate the help.
