htaccess force https and redirect www to non-www, but no other subdomains

Question

I know there are many similar threads, but none of them seems to match my exact problem. Here is what I’m trying to do:

(1) http://www.mydomain.com/ -> ht         


        

Answer 1

Non of the examples worked for me, they just seemed to get stuck in a loop, the following works though.

    # match any URL with www and rewrite it to https without the www
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)(.*) [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*) https://%2%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

    # match non https and redirect to https
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

The order matters, it will prevent a 3rd redirect in some cases.

If you want to use a sub domain (anything other than www.) just remove the first ruleset.

So for sub domains all you need is

    # match non https and redirect to https
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

I use Cloudways services and I've found this to be the only thing that works

Answer 2

I found the following answer would match to your requirement:

www to non-www with https but no other subdomains

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Fulfill all of the three (3) conditions:

(1) http://www.example.com/ -> https://example.com/
(2) http://example.com/     -> https://example.com/
(3) https://www.example.com -> https://example.com/

but no other subdomains than www like so:

(4) http://others.example.com -> https://others.example.com/
(5) https://others.example.com -> https://others.example.com/

Answer 3

Put this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,NE]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,NE]

Answer 4

RewriteEngine on


RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.([^.]+\.[^.]+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,NE]

This script will redirect

• http://domain.com
• http://www.domain.com
• https://www.domain.com

to

• https://domain.com

while preserving the subdomain.

Answer 5

I found most of the suggestions were not catching when you had something that was https://www.example.com and redirecting to https://example.com.

The following worked for all permutations:

RewriteEngine On

# match any URL with www and rewrite it to https without the www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) https://%2%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

# match urls that are non https (without the www)
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Hope this helps someone!

Answer 6

To Force using HTTPS

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

To Force www to non www

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.bewebdeveloper.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://bewebdeveloper.com/$1  [QSA,L,R=301]