Redirect to another domain, keeping the url

[thinkap]

I don't know if this is possible but I'm trying to set up a rule that will show images from domain 2 as if they are on domain 1.

For example:

http://www.domain1.co.uk/images/blah.jpg

would load

http://www.domain2.co.uk/images/blah.jpg

but keeping the domain1 url in the address bar.

We have a .co.uk and a .ie domain, both administered from a CMS on the .co.uk site. Without uploading images to both sites in the CMS I was hoping to upload to the .co.uk and mask the .ie images folder to look at the other domain.

If anyone can help i'd appreciate it.

Thanks

[g1smd]

Do the two domains have separate hosting?

[thinkap]

They are on the same Linux server, set up as 2 seperate domains. Our hosting provider can give the domains access to copy files between the two, which is fine for code we write, but we also use a wysiwyg editor to upload images too which I can't control.

[jdMorgan]

Ask your host if it would be possible to Alias or SymLink the image path. This method depends on the sites being on the same physical server, but is most efficient, as the 're-mapping' is taking place entirely within the server machine's filesystem. Permissions may be problematic, so ask.

If not, ask if it would be possible to reverse-proxy image requests from domain1 to domain2, and to configure the X-Forwarded-For headers on domain1 and custom logging on domain2 to keep the logs and stats valid.

Otherwise, I'd suggest setting up an 'images' subdomain of one or the other domains, and simply linking to the images there.

Jim

[thinkap]

Brilliant, cheers.
They were able to set up a SymLink for the image paths I needed and it worked exactly as I wanted.

Thanks for your help.