Www to non www
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Hi,
Is this the correct code for redirecting www to non www version on Apache server
RewriteEngine
OnRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Thanks
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Many Thanks to all of you for your clarifications .
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Double post... I only clicked one though so... random!
Also, yukky windows servers hehe
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Hehe I was going non www to www wasn't I, I should learn to read properly, well spotted!
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
Put that in your .htaccess within your root web directory (typically public_html), and you should be good.
Make sure you save your .htaccess file properly (save as "All files" and not "as text file" so the .txt doesn't get appended to it.
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The $1 basically copies everything that precedes it ( http://www.example.com/ )
This is so that for each URL it rewrites you don't have to give it the above URL over and over again.
Hope this makes sense
**'**If the matched regex contains groups in parentheses, $1..$9 in the replacement refer to the captured text in the
matching group "$1" meaning the first group, "$2" the second, and so on.' -
Look i work on windows servers so i dont use htaccess, so i am no expert with htaccess, but I do know regex pretty well,
I think you have it wrong in 2 ways.
- you are directed from non www. to www the wrong way.
Also the rewrite condition is a RegEx, it needs to be escaped
so i think you should have
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
This is all so much easier on windows servers
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Is this correct
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
What does $1 mean ?
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You've just missed the "on" at the end of the first line and have it at the start of the 2nd I think (not sure if that matters). So,
RewriteEngine On
And then take the www off the second line. So,
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com
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