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I am using a version of the Focus Labs Master Config setup and I am getting a database error when using the www. prefix in front of the URL. This is a problem that I haven't run into before. Anyone have any thoughts?

You can see the issue at http://denvillechamber.com. Obviously add the www prefix to recreate the error.

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This is because the master config changes database configurations based on the value of $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], and you likely have "denvillechamber.com" as your value, which is not the same as "www.denvillechamber.com".

Your site should not be accessible at both www and non-www locations - one should redirect to the other.

Put this in your .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.denvillechamber\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://denvillechamber.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Should fix your problem.

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