Two Domain Names On One Site

You have two domain names and ONE host. When someone types into their browser www.domain.com you want them to come to your main site. However, when they type in www.domain2.com you want them to come to the same server, but have the visitor see a different site.

Many servers have ways of re-directing two domains on one site, but others do not. It still doesn't mean that it can't be done. Here is one way I did it.

Many virtual servers are including PHP with your virtual webspace. PHP is a language developed from C++ that works similar to Server Side Includes (SSI) but has much greater functionality. It can be used for numerous functions. Here is how you can use it to re-direct the second domain name:

 <? if (getenv ("HTTP_HOST")=="www.domain.com" or
     getenv ("HTTP_HOST")=="domain.com") {
     Header("Location: http://www.domain2.com/subdirectory/");
     exit;
 }
 ?>

In order for this script to work it must be placed as the first thing on your HTML page above the opening tag. Your "index.html" page as to have the extension changed and now becomes "index.phtml" or whatever syntax is required by your server.

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