.htaccess redirect from subdomain's articles to main domain without subdomain url change

Question

I have a domain, www.example.com and subdomain test.example.com. When i call test.example.com i need to redirect this to www.example.com/search/property/test_state without changing the url from test.example.com. so the url should look like test.example.com only.

I did this with the .htaccess code like,

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^webmail\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^m\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php$
RewriteRule  ^$ /search/property/%1_state [P]

Now after this when i access any urls from the subdomain like test.example.com/content/sell_your_home it should not change the url to main domain. currently when i access this it is redirecting to main domain. any ideas?

Answer 1

If the test subdomain has the same server root (document root) as the main domain, then you don't need the P flag:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^webmail\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^m\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.example\.com
RewriteRule  ^$ /search/property/%1_state/ [L]

Otherwise, you need the full URL:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^webmail\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^m\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.example\.com
RewriteRule  ^$ http://www.example.com/search/property/%1_state/$1 [L,P]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^webmail\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^m\.example\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.example\.com
RewriteRule  ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,P]