How to set up multiple domains without redirecting the domain

Question

I currently have 3 domains set up the in the magento admin, only one of these is in use at the moment. I have to set up the other stores for the two other domains, but I don't know how to access these pages without redirecting the domains. How can I set up these sites?

Answer 1

In your Apache Virtualhost file you can set up conditions for store codes.

SetEnv Mage_RUN_TYPE website
SetEnv MAGE_RUN_CODE default
SetEnvIfNoCase Host ^(|www).domain1.com$ MAGE_RUN_CODE=websitecode1
SetEnvIfNoCase Host ^(|www).domain2.com$ MAGE_RUN_CODE=websitecode2

Now your index.php file will pick up these variables and show the appropriate website for you. This allows you to ensure maximum upgradability without editing the core code, (index.php).

Answer 2

Do you have root access to the server? there are a few way of doing this Making symlinks, but this requires SSH access.

ln -s /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/app ./app
ln -s /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/includes ./includes
ln -s /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/js ./js
ln -s /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/media ./media
ln -s /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/skin ./skin
ln -s /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/var ./var
cp /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/index.php ./index.php
cp /path/to/domainname.com/public_html/.htaccess ./.htaccess

Another way is to add the sites as alias to the same domain as your magento install. and in the root index.php file modify the storeviews that are loaded like this:

Change this line:

$mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : '';

to this line

$mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] :
(isset($_SERVER['REDIRECT_MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['REDIRECT_MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : '');

then in your .htaccess file do something like this

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)domain1.com
RewriteRule ^ - [E=MAGE_RUN_CODE:]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)domain2.com
RewriteRule ^ - [E=MAGE_RUN_CODE:]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)domain2.com
RewriteRule ^ - [E=MAGE_RUN_CODE:]

Answer 3

Use something like this in your index.php to check the $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] and load the right store from that:

/* Store or website code */
//$mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : '';

/* Run store or run website */
//$mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'store';

switch($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) {

        case "domain1.com":
        case "www.domain1.com":
                $mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : 'domain1';
                $mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'website';
                break;


        case "domain2.com":
        case "www.domain2.com":
                $mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : 'domain2';
                $mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'website';
                break;


        case "domain3.com":
        case "www.domain3.com":
                $mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : 'domain3';
                $mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'website';
                break;

        default:
                $mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : 'domain1';
                $mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'store';

                break;
}

Mage::run($mageRunCode, $mageRunType);

To Filter by IPs you could:

// grab the ip
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; 
// your allowed ips
$allowed = array('127.0.0.1','Another IP');

and then just check in the above code:

if(in_array($ip, $allowed)){
            case "domain2.com":
            case "www.domain2.com":
                    $mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : 'domain2';
                    $mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'website';
                    break;
} else {
// domain1
$mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : 'domain1';
                    $mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? $_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'website';
                    break;

}

Answer 4

If anyone else looking to resolve this situation, the answer is that it can't be done. I set up the new stores under some temporary subdomain.