htaccess and dynamic subdomains

[4theuk]

Hi,

Please can you help me. I am trying to set up a domain that uses dynamic subdomains to show content instead of a folder eg.

field1.example.com/field2/index.html

The pages are created in php with the two fields and

example.com?index.php?field1=XXX&field2=YYY works fine

However using the following htaccess rule

RewriteRule ^(.*)$.example.com/.*)/index.html$ index.php?field1=$1&field2=$2 [NC]

shows a 404 error.

wild card subdomains have been enabled on the domain.

Thanks

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld, 4theuk!

RewriteRule ^(.*)$.example.com/.*)/index.html$ index.php?field1=$1&field2=$2 [NC]

the RewriteRule Pattern matches the path which does not include the hostname.

if you want to capture and use part of the hostname in your RewriteRule you must use a RewriteCond backreference (%N) and specify the HTTP_HOST server variable as the TestString in the RewriteCond.

[4theuk]

Thank you phranque for your explanation as to why it wouldn't work.

Cheers