Create an Apache SetEnv variable with the subdomain name in case of wildcard

apache, setenv, subdomain, wildcard

Solution

Try this:

SetEnvIf Host "^([^\.]*)\.website\.com$" CLIENT_NAME=$1

Hopefully that helps.

Problem

I have a website that is basically set up as this: client_name.website.com ...where clientname is actually a wildcard. For every new customer, I create a subdomain basically. I need to automatically get the client name info directly from Apache. For example, if one comes throught: client1.website.com ...I would like to have apache do a SetEnv CLIENT_NAME client1 for me. Since I work with wildcard, it would be nice if this SetEnv would be done dynamically. Really pratical for great amounts of customers. How would you achieve this ? Thanks in advance.

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