Redirecting non-www to www with htaccess

Redirecting non www to www with .htaccess

Redirecting non-www to www with .htaccess

If you ever point your www. record to another server you will want to setup a redirect for your domain without www. to point to www.

Edit your .htaccess file and add the following code...

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule .* https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]


This is also useful when using a CDN service such as CloudFlare.

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