Apache redirect url problem

[modhu7]

Suppose, I've a domain named domain.com. Now I want it to redirect the following url as:
cat.domain.com -------------> www.domain.com/cat
dog.domain.com -------------> www.domain.com/dog
james.domain.com -----------> www.domain.com/james

Anyone can help? Please..........

[paulororke]

I'm pretty new at this myself but one way, perhaps not the slickest, might be to use name based virtual hosts
[httpd.apache.org...] and make the document root for each site the subfolders you suggested.

[paulororke]

Sorry - I should have looked further, this is a common problem it seems. Look at this post where the same question is asked: [webmasterworld.com...]

[modhu7]

Thanks paulororke...........
I found a solution.
I used rewrite rule in .htaccess file.
Those are something like the following:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^cat\.domain\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) [domain.com...] [p] ## You must have the proxy module enabled

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^dog\.domain\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) [domain.com...] [p]

[g1smd]

Do you need to redirect or rewrite?

Be very clear as to the difference before you answer the question...

[modhu7]

@g1smd, sorry if my question/solution is incorrect, actually i was looking for a proxy based solution, before finding out the proxy pass way, i solved the problem using rewrite.

[g1smd]

If they are subdomains on the same domain, then a rewrite can work.

If it is cross-domain, then I think proxy might be the only way; but I am no expert.

[jdMorgan]

The code posted above has a bad side-effect not at all related to it's desired function: Putting the comment on the same line as the code will cause an Apache Warning to be logged for every HTTP request to the server. That's a huge waste of server resources...

Don't put a comment on the same line as a directive -- Move the comment to a separate line above the directive.

Jim