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Tyler Findlay
Tyler Findlay

Reputation: 637

WWW Redirection in an HTACCESS File

I have an htaccess file for a React app at https://searchglutenfree.com/. I want it to automatically rewrite https://www.searchglutenfree.com/ to https://searchglutenfree.com/ while keeping all the params during the redirection.

I found this great default htaccess template on GitHub (https://gist.github.com/iheartmedia-matt/253ccb6183fdeaa5619f615f2cb5a58b), and getting the www to redirect is the last thing I need. Anyone know what I need to add and where in the file to get the WWW rewrite?

<ifModule mod_rewrite.c>


  #######################################################################
  # GENERAL                                                             #
  #######################################################################

  # Make apache follow sym links to files
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  # If somebody opens a folder, hide all files from the resulting folder list
  IndexIgnore */*


  #######################################################################
  # REWRITING                                                           #
  #######################################################################

  # Enable rewriting
  RewriteEngine On

  # If its not HTTPS
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off

  # Comment out the RewriteCond above, and uncomment the RewriteCond below if you're using a load balancer (e.g. CloudFlare) for SSL
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https

  # Redirect to the same URL with https://, ignoring all further rules if this one is in effect
  RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R,L]

  # If we get to here, it means we are on https://

  # If the file with the specified name in the browser doesn't exist
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

  # and the directory with the specified name in the browser doesn't exist
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

  # and we are not opening the root already (otherwise we get a redirect loop)
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\/$

  # Rewrite all requests to the root
  RewriteRule ^(.*) /

</ifModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  # Do not cache sw.js, required for offline-first updates.
  <FilesMatch "sw\.js$">
    Header set Cache-Control "private, no-cache, no-store, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"
    Header set Pragma "no-cache"
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 226

Answers (2)

C3roe
C3roe

Reputation: 96250

If you don’t need this to be dynamic regarding the host name, then I would add a Condition that checks if the host name started with www. after the one that checks for %{HTTPS} off, and add the [OR] flag to the former - and then simply hard-code the host name in the substitution URL of the following Rule.

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://searchglutenfree.com/$1 [R,L]

If you replace everything between the comments # If its not HTTPS and # If we get to here, it means we are on https:// in your .htaccess you had shown above with that, it should work.

Upvotes: 1

aballaci
aballaci

Reputation: 1083

In order to set up the desired redirect, www.example.com to example.com or vice versa, you must have an A record for each name.

To redirect users from www to a plain, non-www domain, insert this configuration:

in your .htaccess:

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

Upvotes: 0

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