.htaccess redirects
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I've done some research but can't find a good answer to this question. Here's my situation:
Site redirects from example.com to www.example.com just fine. However, it doesn't work so well for internal pages.
My site incorrectly redirects (non-www) example.com/page2 to www.example.com when it should instead go to www.example.com/page2
So I need a method to redirect non-www internal pages to www versions. Currently I have this in my .htaccess - do I need to modify the rules?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]Thanks
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The php declaration is to force your server to use php version 5.3, 3Plains. It's often put in place when a site's applications require a more recent version of php than is the default on the server.
@Aleya - his htaccess had the php declaration in the middle of some of his conditionals, which I suspect was the issue. Had him move the php declaration to the top of the file before turning rewrite engine on. Seems to have resolved the issue.
(Note, the php declaration can also be placed as last line in the file. I just find it better at the top so it reminds it's there in case I have a php version issue after a future server upgrade)
Pleased we got ya working
Paul
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Paul figured it out. You the man!
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Hey Aleyda,
Thanks for the help, but unfortunately it still won't work. There are 2 other pieces of info in my .htaccess file.
1. Some PHP stuff (not sure what it does)
Use PHP 5.3
AddType application/x-httpd-php53 .php
2. 301 redirects I did a few days ago (about 30 articles that looks like this)
Redirect 301 /article http://www.example.com/blog/article
Redirect 301 /article2 http://www.example.com/blog/article2
....It must be one of these two remaining issues...?
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Hi again. I've just seen your answer above, that you also have the following:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]In your htaccess so I've added it before too:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]and again worked fine! Do you have something additional to that?
Thanks!
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It's there something else then in your htaccess? I also checked it with http://htaccess.madewithlove.be/ and worked fine. Could you please test it with another domain so you can take a look it's ok? I'm afraid that it might be something else that you have configured there and that's why it doesn't work since the code is alright.
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Tried it,
Same results as above.
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Hi Ryan,
For non-www to www redirects (for all the URLs under the domain) you can use:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]Thanks!
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Sent you an email.
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i'd try disabling all plugins and test. Also ensure in General >> Settings the URLs are including the www (I assume this is Wordpress). There seems to be some internal configuration causing this.
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Ryan, it seems there must be a conflict in your htaccess file? If you're willing, you can PM me a copy of the full file and the site URL and I'll see if i can find anything.
Paul
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Tried it, and same result as before.
I've even tried this from SEOmoz:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.seomoz.org [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.seomoz.org/$1 [L,R=301]....and it gave my server an error. I don't know I guess something funky is going on.
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That last rule is the Wordpress default rule slightly trimmed:
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]</ifmodule>I would try this version and revert if no good. I'd also install Fiddler and watch all the header responses to see if there is a clue.
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Thanks for the tip Paul, but this method isn't helping me out. I still get:
example.com/page2 redirecting to www.example.com
The redirect result you've given me is what I've gotten from a few other methods as well. Perhaps there is something else at play. In my .htaccess file I have another Rewrite going on before the non www redirect we're discussing now. It is this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]......do you think this could be messing something up for me?
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Replace you RewriteCond and RewriteRule with these 2 lines of code, Ryan:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]Paul
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