Domain name specific code blocks in htaccess

Question

We have local servers, central dev, staging and production servers. However the dev and staging are password protected for obvious reasons. So after deploying any changes to the

Answer 1

I found a nice solution, to distinguish "localhost" vs. "live":

Since the conditionals of htaccess are somewhat limited why not settle for IfModule?: Compare the modules you have (i.e. using , and look for a significant, hopefully long-term difference, e.g. if you develop on windows and deploy on linux mod_win32.c might be good. ( Don't forget to add the .c which phpinfo() ommits.)

Then you can go about it like this (tested):

 
    RewriteRule ^banana$ test.php?dudeThisIsLocal=1

 
    RewriteRule ^banana$ test.php?dudeThisIsLive=1

This example makes for a good sanity test, browing to yourdomain/banana resp. localhost/banana and if you (having rewrite enabled ) dump the $_GET array in test.php. If this works, fill the codeforks with your real config statements.