[How To] Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS using mod_rewrite

We can achieve this using mod_rewrite which is already compiled into your Apache web server here at GlowHost.com

This will redirect any access to the non-secure site to the secure site at https://yourdomain.com

(Provided you have an SSL certificate for your domain)

Stick this in your .htaccess file:

Code:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule (.*) https://yourdomain.com/ [L]

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If you want to simply redirect all requests for a certain directory, for example your shopping cart installation, you can do something like:

Code:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cart/.*
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule (.*) https://yourdomain.com/ [L]

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Here is a thread that describes how to redirect everything to the "www" version of your website, so that anything like http://domain.com will be converted to http://www.domain.com

Redirect to www using mod_rewrite