Magento 2 multistore url giving 404 error

Question

I am trying to create a multistore in Magento 2. The base url is something like http://example.com/business/. Now the multi store url needs to be like http://example.com/business/fr/.

I have followed everything like that mentioned in this: http://docs.magento.com/m2/2.1/ee/user_guide/stores/stores-all-create-store.html

Created store view and assigned url in web for that. But its giving 404 error whilst checking.

After digging on web, found that we need to modify index.php like below:

switch($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) {

    case 'example.com/business':        
         $params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE] = 'default';
                     $params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_TYPE] = 'store';
    break;


    case 'example.com/business/fr':        
         $params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE] = 'fr';
                     $params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_TYPE] = 'store';
    break;
}
$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $params);
/** @var \Magento\Framework\App\Http $app */
$app = $bootstrap->createApplication('Magento\Framework\App\Http');
$bootstrap->run($app);

Still i am getting 404. Can you just point me whats i am doing wrong here. Any kind of help will be much appreciated. Thanks in adv.

Answer 1

There are 2 solution for that you can follow which one liked to use :-

First Option

System -> Configuration -> Web -> Url Options -> Add Store Code to Urls

Set Yes to this options, your store code will automatically append on store switch, flush caches. This solution credit goes to @Priyank

Second Option

1) Create store view.

2) select France store from admin panel and change base url, base link url, Secure base url, Secure base link url from admin panel (Stores -> Configuration -> General -> Web) :

http://example.com/business/fr/

3) Create folder in root directory with name fr

4) Copy htaccess & index.php from root

5) Replace index.php code following code

$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);
 /** @var \Magento\Framework\App\Http $app */
$app = $bootstrap->createApplication('Magento\Framework\App\Http');
$bootstrap->run($app);

With Below code

$params = $_SERVER;
$params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE] = 'fr'; 

//store code as same in admin panel

$params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_TYPE] = 'store';
$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $params);

/** @var \Magento\Framework\App\Http $app */
$app = $bootstrap->createApplication('Magento\Framework\App\Http');
$bootstrap->run($app);

6) Create symlinks

ln -s /var/www/html/http://example.com/business/app/ app 
ln -s /var/www/html/http://example.com/business/lib/ lib 
ln -s /var/www/html/http://example.com/business/pub/ pub 
ln -s /var/www/html/http://example.com/business/var/ var 

Here /var/www/html/http://example.com/business/ is path of your project to root directory change as per your own configuration.

Don't forgot flush cache.

Answer 2

My solution of choice is not to modify index.php. Most because I like to keep Magento the way it is. I don't think you need to ship the default parameters (i.e. case default).

This is how my index.php looks like default (below the try and catch-clauses):

$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);
/** @var \Magento\Framework\App\Http $app */
$app = $bootstrap->createApplication(\Magento\Framework\App\Http::class);
$bootstrap->run($app);

Within htaccess (in my installation, it is htaccess.conf, in others, it coul well be .htaccess), I provide the right variable to Magento:

SetEnvIf Host www\.example\.com/business/fr MAGE_RUN_CODE=fr
SetEnvIf Host www\.example\.com/business/fr MAGE_RUN_TYPE=store
SetEnvIf Host ^example\.com/business/fr MAGE_RUN_CODE=fr
SetEnvIf Host ^example\.com/business/fr MAGE_RUN_TYPE=store

This works perfect for me.