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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 change XAMPP apache server port?

To answer the original question: To change the XAMPP Apache server port here the procedure : 1. Choose a free port number The default port used by Apache is 80. Take a look to all your used ports with Netstat (integrated to XAMPP Control Panel). Then you can see all used ports and here we … 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

Error message “Forbidden You don’t have permission to access / on this server” [closed]

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

Reference: mod_rewrite, URL rewriting and “pretty links” explained

To understand what mod_rewrite does you first need to understand how a web server works. A web server responds to HTTP requests. An HTTP request at its most basic level looks like this: GET /foo/bar.html HTTP/1.1 This is the simple request of a browser to a web server requesting the URL /foo/bar.html from it. It … Read more