Hello, On my Fedora Core 2 Linux system, I have just installed Apache
1.3.33 and PHP 4. I would like calls to the PHP variable,
"$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']" to result in the name of my server, but right
now, they're returning "localhost.localdomain."

I do have the following configured in httpd.conf and I've restarted
Apache a number of times with these options

UseCanonicalName On

# General setup for the virtual host
DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs"
ServerName myhost.mydomain.org
ServerAdmin laredotornado@neko.no-ip.org
ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
TransferLog /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log

Are there other directives I need to insert/change? Thanks, - Dave

On 19 Mar 2005, laredotornado@zipmail.com <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, On my Fedora Core 2 Linux system, I have just installed Apache
> 1.3.33 and PHP 4. I would like calls to the PHP variable,
> "$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']" to result in the name of my server, but right
> now, they're returning "localhost.localdomain."
>
> I do have the following configured in httpd.conf and I've restarted
> Apache a number of times with these options
>
> UseCanonicalName On
>
> # General setup for the virtual host
> DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs"
> ServerName myhost.mydomain.org
> ServerAdmin laredotornado@neko.no-ip.org
> ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
> TransferLog /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
>
> Are there other directives I need to insert/change? Thanks, - Dave

See docs for UseCanonicalName. Off is usually better for vhosts, so any
automatic redirects go to the requested host instead of main ServerName.

Since this virtual host appears to occupy the same system path as apache
default, what makes you think (or confirm) that your virtual host is
working? Is the IP specified in <VirtualHost IP> an IP actually on that
PC? If the IP is dynamic or the public side of a router, perhaps you need
wildcard NameVirtualHost * and <VirtualHost *>.