Apache mod_rewrite: explain me %{HTTP_HOST} especially when using addon domains

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Marco Demaio picture Marco Demaio · Jul 14, 2010 · Viewed 21.6k times · Source

Apache mod_rewrite: explain me %{HTTP_HOST} expecially when using addon domains

Situation (directories tree) on an Apache server with addon domains:

main-domain.com/ 
| 
|_ .htaccess (just an empty file, no rule in here) 
|_ index.html (shown when accessing http://main-domain.com)
| 
|_ addon-domain-1.com/ 
|  | 
|  |_ .htaccess 
|  |_ index.html (shown when accessing http://addon-domain-1.com or http://main-domain.com/addon-domain-1.com/)
| 
|_ addon-domain-2.com/ 
   | 
   |_ .htaccess 
   |_ index.html (shown when accessing http://addon-domain-2.com or http://main-domain.com/addon-domain-2.com/)

Let's say in "addon-domain-1.com/.htaccess" file I have some rule using %{HTTP_HOST} like:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^something$

Does %{HTTP_HOST} evaluates to the domain of the currently requested url on server???

So if asking for:

http://addon-domain-1.com/

%{HTTP_HOST} will be "addon-domain-1.com"?

http://addon-domain-1.com (without final slash)

%{HTTP_HOST} will still be "addon-domain-1.com"?

http://www.addon-domain-1.com

%{HTTP_HOST} will still be "www.addon-domain-1.com"?

And when asking for:

http://main-domain.com/addon-domain-1.com

%{HTTP_HOST} will be "main-domain.com"???
or "main-domain.com/addon-domain-1.com"???

Answer

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams picture Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Jul 15, 2010

%{HTTP_*} evaluates to the HTTP header with the name given after the prefix shown. In HTTP 1.1, the host being accessed is given in the Host header, so yes.

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