PHP redirect .domain to www.domain

[hasen]

A common question but I only know how to do it in htaccess. I've been informed that my server is running in PHP Suexec mode so I can't use htaccess to redirect domain.com to www.domain.com. I know I need to create a php.ini file in my public_html directory but I'm not sure of the code. I had a lot of trouble finding anything about it in Google (almost all hits were about how to do it in htaccess) and anything I did find didn't appear to work.

Thanks in advance.

[litebulb1]

I believe that you only have to change the header. check out this website:

http://us3.php.net/header

[Fash]

if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], "www.") !== 0){
header("Location: http://www." . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
}

That ought to do it :)

Might not be the best idea to let them specify the HOST they want to go to, so if you want, you can do it like this as well:
$site = "mysite.com";
if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], "www.") !== 0){
header("Location: http://www." . $site . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
}

[hasen]

So I don't need the php.ini file? Someone at cpanel support told me I need a php.ini file in the public_html folder.

[tonybogs]

If you have direct access to apache its better to take care of this sort of thing there.

Create an alias and have it redirect to www...

This sort o f thing doesnt really belong inside the application in my opinion (but hey thats just me ;) )

Hope this helps

[hasen]

Yes I have direct access to apache but I'm not quite sure what you mean by creating an alias there...

[bLuefrogx]

$site = "mysite.com";
if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], "www.") !== 0){
header("Location: http://www." . $site . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
}

Dump that in an include file and remember to include it on every one of your pages ;)