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apache redirect from non www to www

Using the rewrite engine is a pretty heavyweight way to solve this problem. Here is a simpler solution: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName example.com Redirect permanent / http://www.example.com/ </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName www.example.com # real server configuration </VirtualHost> And then you’ll have another <VirtualHost> section with ServerName www.example.com for your real server configuration. Apache automatically preserves anything … Read more

How to prevent a file from direct URL Access?

Try the following: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?localhost [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?localhost.*$ [NC] RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ – [F] Returns 403, if you access images directly, but allows them to be displayed on site. Note: It is possible that when you open some page with image and then copy that image’s path into the address bar you … Read more

Force SSL/https using .htaccess and mod_rewrite

For Apache, you can use mod_ssl to force SSL with the SSLRequireSSL Directive: This directive forbids access unless HTTP over SSL (i.e. HTTPS) is enabled for the current connection. This is very handy inside the SSL-enabled virtual host or directories for defending against configuration errors that expose stuff that should be protected. When this directive … Read more

How to debug Apache mod_rewrite

One trick is to turn on the rewrite log. To turn it on, try this line in your Apache HTTP Server main configuration or current virtual host file (not in .htaccess): LogLevel alert rewrite:trace6 Before Apache httpd 2.4 mod_rewrite, such a per-module logging configuration did not exist yet. Instead you could use the following logging … Read more

How can I use .htaccess rewrite to redirect root URL to subdirectory?

You can use a rewrite rule that uses ^$ to represent the root and rewrite that to your /store directory, like this: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^$ /store [L]

How to remove .html from URL?

I think some explanation of Jon’s answer would be constructive. The following: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d checks that if the specified file or directory respectively doesn’t exist, then the rewrite rule proceeds: RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ /$1 [L,R=301] But what does that mean? It uses regex (regular expressions). Here is a little something I made … Read more

htaccess redirect to https://www

To first force HTTPS, you must check the correct environment variable %{HTTPS} off, but your rule above then prepends the www. Since you have a second rule to enforce www., don’t use it in the first rule. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off # First rewrite to HTTPS: # Don’t put www. here. If it is … Read more

How to enable mod_rewrite for Apache 2.2

In order to use mod_rewrite you can type the following command in the terminal: sudo a2enmod rewrite Restart apache2 after sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart or sudo service apache2 restart or as per new unified System Control Way sudo systemctl restart apache2 Then, if you’d like, you can use the following .htaccess file. <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On … Read more

Tips for debugging .htaccess rewrite rules

Here are a few additional tips on testing rules that may ease the debugging for users on shared hosting 1. Use a Fake-user agent When testing a new rule, add a condition to only execute it with a fake user-agent that you will use for your requests. This way it will not affect anyone else … Read more

Remove .php extension with .htaccess

Gumbo’s answer in the Stack Overflow question How to hide the .html extension with Apache mod_rewrite should work fine. Re 1) Change the .html to .php Re a.) Yup, that’s possible, just add #tab to the URL. Re b.) That’s possible using QSA (Query String Append), see below. This should also work in a sub-directory … Read more