[Case 4616] Allow domain names that begin with a digit

[TooRight]

I'm trying to add a domain onto my hosting account. When I click on "add domains" and type my info in, it gives me an error stating that the domain must not begin with a digit (it's 4******.com)

Is there anyways to get around this? Is there a fix for it? Or will i have to buy another domain name? I just bought this one yesterday!!

[webignition]

Domain names can legitimately start with a digit, as I'm sure you know.

If cPanel doesn't allow the addition of domain names that start with a digit, you should probably contact them to see why and if there is a fix in the pipeline.

Have you tried contacting cPanel support?

[TooRight]

My host said it was a default of cpanel and acted like it couldn't be changed... but i just added it as a domain on my other server no problem!! The trouble is... I REALLY do need it to be on the first server. Good plan on the support idea... will try that as well!! Thank you for your response hon!!

[TitaniumHosting]

My host said it was a default of cpanel and acted like it couldn't be changed... but i just added it as a domain on my other server no problem!! The trouble is... I REALLY do need it to be on the first server. Good plan on the support idea... will try that as well!! Thank you for your response hon!!

I can add them on my server no problem. Your host must have it disabled somehow.

[randomuser]

I can add them on my server no problem. Your host must have it disabled somehow.

Highly doubtful, considering there is no option to do this.

I have seen this stupid bug myself. It seems like a random issue at best, happening only on certain servers and for certain domains.

This bug has already been submitted to bugzilla.cpanel.net quite a while ago, and I believe it has been addressed (in EDGE? RELEASE? no idea. Search bugzilla).

[arrow02]

Just to let everyone know that CPanel came out with new builds (RELEASE, CURRENT, and EDGE builds) on May 6th.

I noticed last night that we are now having the same problem as posted above.

I know as of last week we were still able to add sub-domains also and now we cant.

Also if you change the username for the account to something not starting with a number the domain (instaed of using the auto fill name) will work as long as you add it thru WHM.

[Spiral]

This is one of the wierd quirks of Cpanel ....

I found that Cpanel WILL allow you to add a domain name starting with a numeric digit
if it is on it's own web hosting account but won't allow you to add it if you try to add
the domain as an add-on domain --- obviously a programming issue there.

[timdorr]

Edit /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x/addon/index.html to remove the javascript check. Just get rid of these lines:

    var pattern = /^[0-9]/;
    if (domainname.match(pattern) != null) {
        alert("Sorry, your domain name must not begin with a digit.");
        return false;
    }

I have no idea why they added that. There's certainly nothing wrong with that kind of domain.

[chirpy]

Make sure you you log the issue in bugzilla so that they're aware and can fix it. Referencing this thread would help.

[jassi]

Hi All,

If you are unable to add add-on domain starting with digit then you need to disable java script from your browser. It will allow you to add add-on domain

[4u123]

Why not ?

I thougt this was a bug in a previous cpanel version and it hasnt cropped up for a while. It seems in cpanel11 this checking is still in place.

Can anyone explain why a subdomain shouldnt begin with a digit ?

[gmagana]

Add one more to this... Is there a workaround? Pretty please? It makes us seem pretty asinine in that we can't host a perfectly valid domain name...

EDIT: In this case, it was not CPanel's fault, it was outdated RVSkins code. In either case, see this thread: http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/case-4616-allow-domain-names-begin-digit-52692.html#post332171

[gmagana]

For those people who are still getting this error, if you have other front ends (such as RVSkins as of today), you might still get this error message when adding domains. In RVSkins, you have to edit out (or comment out) the following section on your skin's index html file:

   var pattern = /^[0-9]/;
   if (domainname.match(pattern) != null) {
        alert("<cpanel Rvskin="print($CPDATA{'rl_lang22'})">");
        return false;
    }

[cPanelDavidG]

You may want to vote for, post additional feedback and/or add yourself to this bug report:

http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4170

[cPanelDavidG]

Related bugzilla report:

http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4170