These thousands of subdomains are handled by PHP really (apache and the
dns handle them as wildcards), so Mehdis code picks out the restricting
selections from the domain name. It is similar to picking that out from
the URL, but it does not need rewriting or 404 handling either. All the
php.net project so far use URL path magic, and not domain name magic, so
it might not be a good idea to break tradition here. But apart from
this, I have no problem with using infinite subdomains. We are not in
need of good pageranks :)
Yes I knew they were using dns wildcards. But search engines will not like
them :) (php.net has a pagerank of 10, so our subdomain will also have a
good PR :D)
I prefer using paths, but lets listen others' opinion.
I don't think that search engine rakings are important in this project, but if it is, then we need to use path magic instead of domain magic IMHO.
Goba