SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT on Pantheon
Learn how to work around SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT variables in your Pantheon Website Management Platform environment configuration.
Some code relies on $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] and $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] to construct URLs, either to "call itself" or to create URLs that are passed to third parties and expect to be routed back. This doesn't work well on Pantheon because the environmental data will be for ephemeral container data.
In general, you don't want your code to rely on this, but some extensions (themes, modules, plugins) give you no choice. In that case, you will need to modify the $_SERVER variable in your settings.php (Drupal) or wp-config.php (WordPress) file to ensure the right values are present.
Use HTTP_HOST Instead of SERVER_NAME
HTTP_HOST is generated dynamically based on the current request, while SERVER_NAME is static. If the $_SERVERvariable is set to 'SERVER_NAME', the URL generated for a request will be something similar to https://endpoint05ccd237.chios.panth.io instead of the intended https://yourdomain.com.
Adding the following code will pass the correct value when 'SERVER_NAME' is used:
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];While this fix does correct symptoms such as undesirable URLs, we recommended replacing all instances of 'SERVER_NAME' with 'HTTP_HOST' directly (e.g. WP_HOME and WP_SITE for WordPress).
$_ENV will also be around for command-line uses. $_SERVER is only set up when handling a web initiated request.
Set SERVER_PORT Correctly
Certain applications (like SimpleSAML) require specific port values to be set at the web server level, before our GlobalCDN. Use the snippet below to assign port value 443 for nginx when the headers specify HTTPS:
if (isset($_ENV['PANTHEON_ENVIRONMENT'])) {
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT_HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT_HTTPS'] === 'ON') {
$_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] = 443;
}
else {
$_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] = 80;
}
}