Forward a subdomain to a subfolder and preserve subfolder's .htaccess mod_rewrite rules
I got it to work using VirtualHosts:
NameVirtualHost *# Root domain homepage<VirtualHost *> DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/html ServerName domain.com ServerAlias www.domain.com</VirtualHost># Hosted sites<VirtualHost *> VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/%0/html ServerName * ServerAlias *</VirtualHost>The first entry catches requests to my home page and serves up the standard site, while the second catches EVERYTHING else and routes to a different location based on the host name requested.
Easy. Just make sure the subdomain is registered with your server's DNS, then point it with an htaccess like this:
RewriteEngine onRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sub.domain.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?sub\.domain\.comRewriteRule .* /subfolder [L]No need to mess with the subfolder's htaccess.