create dynamic sub domain using PHP & htaccess in xampp localhost

Question

How to create dynamic subdomain using PHP and htaccess in xampp localhost i stored sub domain name in mysql but i wanna check like following in xampp localhost in window platform

means http://example.com/subdomain?=alabaster

i want like this http://alabaster.example.com by php mysql in localhost xampp will u explain it step by step

how to run it localhost xampp window

advance thanx

Answer 1

You can try this code :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^subdomain=([^&]+)$
RewriteRule ^$ http://%1.example.com?  [L,R=301]

Those links might help you :

• Apache wiki page on how to manipulate the Query String
• Test your apache htaccess files online