[magento] multidomain-multistore-multistoreview setup with visible language codes

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Use these snippets to setup a magento installation with the following structure:

• http://www.domain.tld/en -> website: domain / storeview: domain_en
• http://www.domain.tld/de -> website: domain / storeview: domain_de
• http://www.domain.tld/es -> website: domain / storeview: domain_es
• http://www.domain1.tld/en -> website: domain1 / storeview: domain1_en
• http://www.domain1.tld/de -> website: domain1 / storeview: domain1_de
• http://www.domain1.tld/es -> website: domain1 / storeview: domain1_es
• http://www.domain2.tld/en -> website: domain2 / storeview: domain2_en
• http://www.domain2.tld/de -> website: domain2 / storeview: domain2_de
• http://www.domain2.tld/es -> website: domain2 / storeview: domain2_es

No additional htaccess/apache rewrites required! Make shure you stick to the naming convention mentioned above under System/Manage Stores! Note: A more reliable approach (especially when using proxies/load-balancers e.g. in a setup with varnish upfront) would be to make use of the environment variables in your nginx/apache/php-fpm vhosts and switch them accordingly

fastcgi_param MAGE_RUN_TYPE store;
fastcgi_param MAGE_RUN_CODE domain1_en;

For this to work properly, you also have to manually adjust the settings at

• website: domain / storeview: domain_en / System/Configuration/Web/Unsecure: Base Link Url -> {{unsecure_base_url}}en/
• website: domain / storeview: domain_en / System/Configuration/Web/Secure: Base Link Url -> {{secure_base_url}}en/
• website: domain / storeview: domain_de / System/Configuration/Web/Unsecure: Base Link Url -> {{unsecure_base_url}}de/
• website: domain / storeview: domain_de / System/Configuration/Web/Secure: Base Link Url -> {{secure_base_url}}de/
• website: domain1 / storeview: domain1_en / System/Configuration/Web/Unsecure: Base Link Url -> {{unsecure_base_url}}en/
• website: domain1 / storeview: domain1_en / System/Configuration/Web/Secure: Base Link Url -> {{secure_base_url}}en/
• website: domain1 / storeview: domain1_de / System/Configuration/Web/Unsecure: Base Link Url -> {{unsecure_base_url}}de/
• website: domain1 / storeview: domain1_de / System/Configuration/Web/Secure: Base Link Url -> {{secure_base_url}}de/
• website: domain2 / storeview: domain2_en / System/Configuration/Web/Unsecure: Base Link Url -> {{unsecure_base_url}}en/
• website: domain2 / storeview: domain2_en / System/Configuration/Web/Secure: Base Link Url -> {{secure_base_url}}en/
• website: domain2 / storeview: domain2_de / System/Configuration/Web/Unsecure: Base Link Url -> {{unsecure_base_url}}de/
• website: domain2 / storeview: domain2_de / System/Configuration/Web/Secure: Base Link Url -> {{secure_base_url}}de/

index.php

<?php
include_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/storemapping.php';

# replace the REQUEST_URI such as /en/blah.html with /blah.html
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = preg_replace("#^/$lang(/.*)#i",'$1',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

# we want our /lang/ urls to take priority over store querystrings
# but not if we are in the admin panel
if ( ! preg_match('#^/index.php/admin/#i',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ) {
  $_GET['___store'] = $store;
}

umask(0);
Mage::run($store,'store');

languages.phtml

<?php if(count($this->getStores())>1): ?>
  <div class="store-switch">
    <?php foreach ($this->getStores() as $_lang): ?>
      <?php $_selected = ($_lang->getId() == $this->getCurrentStoreId()) ? ' active' : 'inactive' ?>
      <?php
      if ( preg_match('#_de$#i',$_lang->getCode()) ) {
        $lang = 'de';
      } else if ( preg_match('#_en$#i',$_lang->getCode()) ) {
        $lang = 'en';
      } else {
        $lang = 'de';
      }
      ?>
      <li class="<?php echo $lang ?><?php echo $_selected ?>"><a href="/<?php echo $lang ?>" title="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_lang->getName()) ?>" class="store_<?php echo $_selected ?>" id="store_<?php echo $_lang->getId(); ?>" data-language="<?php echo $lang ?>"><?php echo $lang ?></a></li>
      <?php if ($lang == 'de'){
          echo ' / ';
      } ?>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
    <script>
      jQuery(document).ready(function() {
        jQuery('.store-switch a').on('click', function(e){
          e.preventDefault();
          var currentLanguage = jQuery("html").attr("lang");
          var newLanguage = jQuery(this).data("language");
          var url = window.location.pathname.toString();
          var newUrl = url.replace("\/"+currentLanguage, "\/"+newLanguage);
          window.location.href = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host + newUrl
        });
      });
    </script>
  </div>
<?php endif; ?>

storemapping.php

<?php
if ( strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], "www.domain1.tld") !== false ) { 
  $store='store1';
} else if( strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], "www.domain2.tld") !== false ) {
  $store='store2';
} else {
  $store='store'; # which is the default store of your installation (www.domain.tld)
}

if ( strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], "/de/") !== false ) {
	$lang = 'de';
} else if ( strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], "/es/") !== false ) {
	$lang = 'es';
} else {
	$lang = 'en'; # which is the default language of the default store of your installation (/)
}

$store .= '_' . $lang;