Re: $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] without the 'www.'

From: Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:08:51 +0000
Subject: Re: $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] without the 'www.'
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> How can I get the URL of the page I am on without the 'www.' i.e. just > mydomain.com? I need to enurse this is correct in case the user types in > the domain without using the 'www.'. This should be Apache's job - you can configure the webserver to redirect requests from example.com to www.example.com without PHP's involvement, if that's what you're interested in. > I have looked at using substr but if the user leaves out the 'www.' then > substr($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 4) would return 'main.com', is there a > better function to use in this instance? preg_match() should get you started. /(\w+\.\w+)$/ ought to match just the primary domain. --------------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html

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