Apache/PHP setup for per-developer Environments.

gistfile1.txt

LogLevel debug
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    ServerAlias dev.yourserver.com *.dev.yourserver.com
    ServerName dev.yourserver.com
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %\{HTTP_HOST\} !^www.* [NC]
    RewriteCond %\{HTTP_HOST\} ^dev\\.yourserver\\.com(.*)
    RewriteRule ^(.*) /var/www/dev/public_html/$1 [L]

    RewriteCond %\{HTTP_HOST\} !^www.* [NC]
    RewriteCond %\{HTTP_HOST\} ^([^\\.]+)\\.dev\\.yourserver\\.com
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [env=host_uname:%1] [N,NS]
    RewriteCond %\{HTTP_HOST\} ^([^\\.]+)\\.dev\\.yourserver\\.com(.*)
    RewriteRule ^(.*) /var/www/dev/%\{ENV:host_uname\}/public_html/$1 [L]

    DocumentRoot /var/www/dev/public_html

    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    <Directory /var/www/dev/public_html>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

This allows you to have developername.dev.yourserver.com map to /var/www/dev/developername/public_html. Much easier to manage than using ports, etc when using a shared dev environment.