Hey there,

I'm not completely sure where to post this, but since I write my server side code in PHP I thought I put it here.

Currently I only have one domain mapped to my webspace. Let's say my webspace path is /www/htdocs/john_doe, then the webserver root for the domain john_doe.com would link to that path. However I would like to host a second domain in this webspace. So I was thinking to do as follows:

www.john_doe.com -> /www/htdocs/john_doe/john_doe
www.jane_doe.com -> /www/htdocs/john_doe/jane_doe

The thing is I would like to share common data between both domains, for example the family picture to save some space. As I understand this, using this configuration sharing pictures between both domains is not possible, is it? If not, how would you guys organize the webspace?

Thanks for your help!

Are the images persisted in the file system or the database?

If in the file system, I would only share the folder to the php scripts, and use them to serve the content... such as getimage.php?param1=a&param2=b etc...

Hey,
thanks for your reply. Could you please elaborate? I must confess I do not really understand what you mean. Thanks

Sure, here is a simplified example to illustrate the concept:

getimage.php

PHP Code:

$sharedpath = "/some/path/to/shared/content/";

// do not just consume $_GET fields, validate the data to prevent attacks

$imagename = $sharedpath . $_GET["imagename"];

// add a switch block to determine mime type

$mimetype = "image/jpeg";

header("Content-Type: $mimetype");
echo file_get_contents($imagename); 


Use the php file to access the shared images:

<img src="/getimage.php?imagename=121112112a889.jpg"/>

Ah, thanks. Now it makes perfectly sense. This seems to be a good and flexible solution. I think this will be easy to handle, since I already have a class returning the pictures' paths, but currently they all reside within one of the domain's root's leafs. I just have to check where the picture resides and either return the path or the picture (or return the picture in any case, as a matter of fact).

Thanks again!