Creating Subdomain on Local LAMP Stack With Dynamic IP

Muel · 2 May 2011 at 15:20

As the title really. I have a LAMP stack installed locally, so the IP address changes all the time.

I want to be able to create sub-domains so that I can browser to <subdomain name>.localhost

I've googled and couldn't find anything, tried everything I can think of out and no luck. Help?

Eagle-Eye · 2 May 2011 at 16:25

you can use mod rewrite to fake a sub domain by sending the "sub domain name" as a query to a database and display the desired data

daz · 2 May 2011 at 16:28

You'd want to use your hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) and then add the correct vhost in the Apache httpd.conf.

Muel · 2 May 2011 at 23:24

This is on Ubuntu, not windows but thanks.

I've tried adding new entries to the httpd.conf file, but it won't work. Wondered if there was anything specific I had to do because of the dynamic ip?

I dunno if modrewrite would work when using $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in a php script?

JonB · 3 May 2011 at 09:29

You still need to edit this hosts file : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=592456

Muel · 5 May 2011 at 06:59

Cheers JonB, will try that out later and reply letting you all know how I get on.