Set up Magento 2 multiple websites in sub directories

mage2-multiweb-subdir.md

Set up Magento 2 multiple websites in sub directories

1. Go to Admin > Stores > All Stores
2. Click > Create Web Site
3. In the Name field, enter store name.
   • e.g. Japan
4. In the Code field, enter a unique string without spaces and > Save Web Site
   • e.g. super_jp
5. Create Store
6. Create Store View
7. Go to Stores > Configuration
8. Select the website we just created.
9. Go to Web & change both Base URLs & Base URLs (Secure)
   • e.g. Base URL: http://example.com/
   • Base Link URL: {{unsecure_base_url}}jp/
   • ... same goes for Base URLs (Secure)
10. Save. Clear Cache. Reindex.

Doing stuff in server root

11. Create a subfolder with the desired name.

    • e.g. /jp/

12. Copy index.php & .htaccess from root (!important copy both files)

13. Open index.php clear everything inside it and paste:

    require realpath(__DIR__) . '/../app/bootstrap.php';
    $params = $_SERVER;
    $params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE] = 'super_jp'; // change this with the code you chose in step. 4
    $params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_TYPE] = 'website'; // store or website
    $bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $params);
    
    $app = $bootstrap->createApplication('Magento\Framework\App\Http');
    $bootstrap->run($app);
    

14. Save. Clear Cache. Reindex.

15. Enjoy your new website inside a subdir.

For me this is how I got websites working.

I've got www.example.com pointing to my doc root where the code base lives. In the doc root, I've got a subdir named sub1. In Magento, I've created a new website and set the base URLs for the new website to www.example.com/sub1/. I also had to set the static and media files base URLs to 'www.example.com/pub/static/' and 'www.example.com/pub/media/', respectively, otherwise the css and js wouldn't load.

Then like in the original solution, copy index.php and .htaccess into /sub1, open up the new index.php and copy the code from the original post, being sure to set PARAM_RUN_TYPE to 'website' and PARAM_RUN_CODE to the new website's code. Flush the cache and enjoy.

Thank you for sharing. I can create multiple websites by using this method.