Fake a domain name request with a sub directory for name based vhost in Apache2

[emattias]

I'm running Apache2.2 with name based virtual hosts

How can I make it so that this request:

http://serverIp/example.com (http://serverIp/example.com)

is the same as going to http://example.com (http://%3Cb%3Eexample.com%3C/b%3E) on a machine where example.com has been pointed to my servers ip in the hosts file?

I'd like to be able to send a link to a client without forcing them to modify their hosts file to point example.com to my servers ip.

My idea was to fake a domain name request using a sub directory but porhaps this has a smarter soultion?

[Lars Noodén]

mod_rewrite (/rewrite_intro.html) is where to start.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/rewrite_intro.html

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/rewrite_tech.html

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/rewrite_guide.html