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techie_28
techie_28

Reputation: 2133

Programmatically Creating Sub Domains

I have this site where a user selects a template for his site. I have to create a sub domain for that user on my site which will apply the selected template. My question is can I create a subdomain programmatically if yes then how? I am using cakephp. I want that users site will be accessible on some url after selecting a template.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2265

Answers (1)

Mike Christensen
Mike Christensen

Reputation: 91608

Well, if you're running your own DNS servers, you can programmatically append new sub-domains to your DNS configuration files. I would probably not recommend that.

What most sites (like Wordpress.com and what not) most likely do is setup their DNS to point *.wordpress.com to their web server, then programmatically see if the sub-domain matches a valid account, then respond accordingly.

Most DNS servers support wildcard domains, such as:

*.yoursite.com.   3600 IN  MX 10 host1.yoursite.com.

so consult your manuals or help files for whatever DNS service you're using. Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 9

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