Simple Script for homepage (hopefully)

**TechTalk** · May 28, 2002, 15:39

Hi everyone!

Sitepoint has never let me down in the past, so I thought I would give it another go for the new script I need

Here is an idea of what i want to do, maybe someone could tell me the best way to achieve this?

My main site:
mysite.com

Other domain names I own:
domain1.com domain2.com someother.com somethingelse.com

In apache, I have all of the above domains set to point to "mysite.com" using the "server alias" directive. All of the domains are for sale and I would like to give the user a little info instead of just directing them to mysite.com when they type domain1.com into their browser.

Here is what I had in mind.

1) User Visits Domain1.com

2) User is directed to mysite.com

3) User is displayed a link at the top of the page on mysite.com saying "Why was I brought here when trying to access domain1.com"

4) User clicks link, and it takes them to a page explaining that domain1.com is for sale

I was hoping to pass the domain name to this page in a variable so that I dont need a different page for each domain name I am selling.

Any ideas on the best way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance

**ant1832** · May 28, 2002, 15:44

Here you go. Found it in 30 sec by using search...you should try it

**TechTalk** · May 28, 2002, 15:49

That thread didn't help me at all. Thanks for trying though.

**ant1832** · May 28, 2002, 16:13

What do u mean it didn't help...you said

Originally posted by TechTalk
I was hoping to pass the domain name to this page in a variable so that I dont need a different page for each domain name I am selling.

And that is exactly what $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] does(taken from the link I gave you.)

Maybe this is not what you were meaning to ask for...can you give us more info on what else you need.

**redgoals** · May 28, 2002, 16:21

try this on "mysite.com"..

PHP Code:


<?

if(preg_match("/domain1.com/",$HTTP_REFERER)){

echo "Why was I brought here when trying to access domain1.com";

}

elseif(preg_match("/domain2.com/",$HTTP_REFERER)){

echo "Why was I brought here when trying to access domain2.com";

}

elseif(preg_match("/domain3.com/",$HTTP_REFERER)){

echo "Why was I brought here when trying to access domain3.com";

}

?>

will obviously only work when referred from domain1/2/3.com via a meta refresh tag or a hyperlink.

**TechTalk** · Jun 10, 2002, 14:34

Basically all of these other domains are setup in the virtual config for mysite.com in apache. There I am using "ServerAlias" to direct all the other domains to the domain mysite.com

If possible, I would like to put all the domain names in some sort of array if possible, and run a check thru the array when the user is brought to the page.

I dont even really need to post any text on mysite.com like i originally stated. If it could just redirect the user to a page on mysite.com explaining that the domain they accessed is for sale that would be great.

I have little to no knowledge of php, but I thru a basic concept together of what I am trying to do. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Code:

<?
$domains=array(
			"domain1.com",
			"somedomain.com",
			"domain111.com",
			"anotherdomain.com",
			"yetanother.com",
			"anorg.org",
			"anothercom.com",
			"gogogo.com",
			"yoyooy.com",
			"johndoe.net",
			"joe.com",
				
			);

if (preg_match($domains, $HTTP_REFERER) {
	header("Location:http://www.mysite.com/domains/index.php?domain=$HTTP_REFERER");
    
}


?>

Then my thoughts were, maybe I could use an include in my main page to call the file above, and the /domains/index.php file could just look something like this:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
The domain, <? echo $domain ?> is for sale!
</body>
</html>

I know my logic here is flawed, so any help would really be appreciated lol.

**TechTalk** · Jun 10, 2002, 14:39

I just checked, and $HTTP_REFERER has no value if the user is directed the way that I am directing them (using apache's ServerAlias directive)

**Travis** · Jun 10, 2002, 15:09

try using $REQUEST_URI instead of $HTTP_REFERER. with register_globals off i think its $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].

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