I have been programming in PHP for about five years now and for the first time having to do some ASP programming. I figured since I am proficient, "How hard can it be?" ...Apparently it can be very hard. I know way less ASP then I thought I did ;-)

Anyway, here's my problem. I have several domains. All the pages for the domain names sit in the same folder regardless of domain name. The content for all the domain names is the same. However , I want to use Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") to check which domain name is being accessed and then display a different template based on that domain name.

Here's the script I have written:

<% If Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") = "domain-1.com" Then %>

<!--#include virtual="/lib/inc/template_domain-1.asp" -->

<% ElseIf Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") = "domain-2.com" Then %>

<!--#include virtual="/lib/inc/template_domain-2.asp" -->

<% Else %>

<!--#include virtual="/lib/inc/template_default.asp" -->

<% End If %>

To me this makes sense. However what happens is, nomatter what the domain is it always includes template_default.asp. I added <%= Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") %> to the body of the test page to make sure that the domain was being returned correctly and it was. It does read the domain name correctly, but it still loads the incorrect template.

Any ideas?

Try using request.servervariables("SERVER_NAME") instead, you may get better results.

Nope. Same results. It always outputs the correct server, but the wrong template.

Basically it knows what the server name is but won't obey my command to use a different include. It always uses the last include listed in the script. Even if I remove the last "Else" statement (lines 5 & 6) so that there is only one "If" statement and one "ElseIf" statement (two choices), it always uses the last include in the script regardless of server name.

Any other thoughts??

You can't use IF..Then statements with Includes. The include's get filled in first. You'd be better off doing a redirect.

OK - I think I've got it worked out...

One of my goals was to keep the extra code in my 'content' (non-template) files to a minimum. I was able to get it down to three lines in my 'content' files and skip the "config.asp" file I was using. Basically I get the domain name then execute the two template files, a header file and a footer file, that include the domain name in the file name.

PHP Code:

# default.asp
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
<% fttphost = Replace(LCase(Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST")), "www.", "") %>
<% Server.Execute "/lib/inc/template_" & fttphost & "-head.asp" %>
<p>Body</p>
<% Server.Execute "/lib/inc/template_" & fttphost & "-foot.asp" %> 


It seems to be working well, but I'm new to ASP and need to know if I'm setting myself up for failure further down the road.

Thanks so much.

Glad you got it working Paul, using server.execute should pose no forseeable failures. I've used that method in the past. It can be tricky to work with sometimes.

You can't use IF..Then statements with Includes. The include's get filled in first. You'd be better off doing a redirect.

There is nothing wrong with using IF statements around includes, you are right about them all being included, but the IF statements should only allow part of it to actually be executed.

Yeah I probably should of used the word "shouldn't"...