function New-WebTierHostFileEntries { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a Host File Entry for the Supplied URL Pointed to the Loopback IP .DESCRIPTION Creates a Host File Entry for the Supplied URL Pointed to the Loopback IP .PARAMETER Url [string] DNS entry to put map to loopback in HOSTS file .NOTES Target for future deprecation. This could be an inline func from the caller .EXAMPLE New-WebTierHostFileEntries "www.foo.bar" [Add-HostsFileContent] : Adding Hosts Entry : 127.0.0.1 www.foo.bar [Add-HostsFileContent] : Saving Modified Hosts File to C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$Url ) $logLead = (Get-LogLeadName); $hostsContent = Get-HostsFileContent $hostsString = "127.0.0.1{0}{1}" $cleanedUrl = (Format-Url -url $Url) $hostsRegex = "^127\.0\.0\.1\s+$cleanedUrl" if (($hostsContent | Where-Object {$_ -match $hostsRegex }).Count -gt 0) { Write-Warning ("$logLead : LOOPBACK Hosts File Entry for URL {0} Already Exists" -f $cleanedUrl) return } $newHostsEntry = ($hostsString -f "`t`t", $url) Write-Verbose "$logLead : Calling Add-HostsFileContent with -Force flag" Add-HostsFileContent -contentToAdd $newHostsEntry -Force } Set-Alias -name Create-WebTierHostFileEntries -value New-WebTierHostFileEntries;