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Luuk Van Dongen
Luuk Van Dongen

Reputation: 2501

Laravel: set constant/variable based on domain name

I'm building an application that has multiple domain names linked to it and different front-end views/websites based on and linked to those domain names.

Now I would like to set some variables based on the domain name and make them usable in my controllers and application logic.

for example, all views for the different front-ends are stored in different folders based on the domain name (ziv, dbg, dbe). So let's say, if a user reaches the application via example.com a variable must be set so that the views loaded will be from the folder "exm". It would look like this:

View::make('frontend.' . $folderVariable . '.home')->with('info', $info);

My question is: where should I place such code?

Should it be in the bootstrap file, or in a base controller that all other controllers will inherit? I do need the information on the domain name throughout the whole application, so it needs to be loaded up front.

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2419

Answers (2)

Adam
Adam

Reputation: 29059

You could create a middleware like this:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class DetectDomainMiddleware
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] == 'example.com')
        {
          define('domain', 'exm');
        }
        elseif($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] == 'example-B.com')
        {
          define('domain', 'B');
        }


        return $next($request);
    }
}

and register this middleware to the kernel.php as global, so it will be executed on each HTTP request.

Now in every file (Controller / View / etc.) you can check on which domain you are

<?php

  if(domain == 'exn') {..}
  if(domain == 'B') {..}

Your view command could be changed to 

View::make('frontend.' . domain . '.home')->with('info', $info);

Upvotes: 0

Everon
Everon

Reputation: 3879

Consider using a Service class to handle the current domain and return an appropriate string to use with the View::make() method.

Either that or extend the View class \Illuminate\Support\Facades\View to override the View::make() or to create another method that inserts the relevant string automatically. Also optionally utilising a service provider.

Example of the service class - it doesn't need a service provider (depends on the implementation)

class DomainResolver
{
    private $subdomains;

    public function __construct()
    {
        //Contains sub domain mappings
        $this->subdomains = array(
            'accounts' => 'ziv',
            'billing' => 'exm'
            //Etc etc
        );
    }

    public function getView($view)
    {
        // Should return the current domain/subdomain
        // Replace if I'm wrong (untested)
        $subdomain = \Route::getCurrentRoute->domain();

        if(isset($this->subdomains[$subdomain]))
        {
            return View::make($this->subdomains[$subdomain].'.'$view);
        }
        throw new \Exception('Invalid domain');
    }
}

You would then insert this class where you needed to have a domain specific function performed. I.e - BaseController, View functionality extensions (you could make View::domainMake() that would just call the service class with the value given.

Upvotes: 1

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