IIS Host Headers using PHP

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IIS Host Headers using PHP

I'd like to add Host Headers to an IIS from PHP. Is there a way to access the metabase from PHP or do I have to write a .NET command line tool and then invoke it from PHP?

Here's the background for the question. I have a Wordpress MU installation on Windows 2003/IIS6. The only way the setup will support subdomains (blog.mainsite.com) is by adding each subdomain to the site's Host Headers setting. Doing this manually every time a new subdomain is created is tedious and error prone, so I'm looking for a way to have it done through code.

I've been down this road with PHP in the past and eventually ended up shelling out to either VB script or .NET console apps.

David Wang has a handy script that allows you to add/remove new host headers individually (which you can't do using adsutil.vbs).

How to manipulate (insert/replace/remove) list data type in IIS configuration (David Wang)

Kev 2010-02-01 18:46:24

Thanks much! Will check it out shortly

kalengi 2010-02-02 17:54:42

@kalengi - you should note that the user account running this script will need to be an administrator.

Kev 2010-02-03 02:40:56

Figured as much. One question though, doesn't this introduce a potential security problem due to the fact that altering web server state (an admin function) is being done through user pages that could be compromised?

kalengi 2010-02-03 03:02:25

@kalengi - ideally you would sandbox that code separately from end user code. I'm presuming you have a separate WordPress admin site for this feature?

Kev 2010-02-03 03:51:28

hey @Kev! I saw your comment (http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/asking-better-questions/#comment-50973) and remembered you'd addressed this question. I eventually did a WordPress plugin for this that calls a c# console program to add the host-header. The C# program requires considerable rights for this to work including modifying the IIS metabase to allow the programatic modification. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction :)

kalengi 2010-10-04 17:48:42

@kalengi - glad I could help :)

Kev 2010-10-05 00:19:15

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