Jeremy Massel's Blog

1. Download and install VirtualHostX (don’t forget to back up your existing config!!)
2. Download and install Gas Mask (manages multiple hosts files, dumb name though)
3. If you want to do this with WordPress and you have a database locally and another one on a dev server somewhere, you can do the following code:

if(eregi(“^mywebsitename.com$”, $_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]))

{

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘dbremotename’);

/** MySQL database username */

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘dbremoteuser’);

/** MySQL database password */

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘dbremotepassword’);

/** MySQL hostname */

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘dbremotehost’);

define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://mywebsitename.com’);

define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://mywebsitename.com’);

}

else{

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘dbremotename’);

/** MySQL database username */

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘dblocaluser’);

/** MySQL database password */

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘dblocalpassword’);

/** MySQL hostname */

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘dblocalhost’);

define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://mywebsitename.com’);

define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://mywebsitename.com’);

}