Joshua et al, Thanks for the input guys. I've got it working now. Cheers George > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Slive [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 14 November 2005 2:54 pm > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Getting started - problem with virtual sites > (not necessarily 'hosts') > > > On 11/14/05, George Pitcher <george.pitcher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > It isn't a PHP issue. On IIS, I set a virtual site called 'site_a' and > > specify which folder was going to be used. I then set up > another 4 virtual > > sites with their own names and they all point to the same > folder. I want to > > know how to do that with Apache2. In time, with some success on > the sales > > side, I could have hundreds of sites pointing to this folder. PHP simply > > takes car of serving up the appropriate images, admin details > etc on a per > > site basis. > > Words like "website" and "virtual site" are incredibly vague and don't > at all describe what you are trying to do. All I can do is guess. > Perhaps you want four different url-paths that all point to the same > directory, as in: > > Alias /site_a /path/to/directory > Alias /site_b /path/to/directory > Alias /site_c /path/to/directory > etc.. > > Then if you need any particular apache configuration, you can use > <Location /site_a> > config stuff here > </Location> > <Locaiton /site_b> > config stuff here > </Location> > etc.. > > Your php script can look at the original url-path to determine what > content to serve. > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx