Mobile Redirect using htaccess

Question

I have a website called

www.website.org

I have a mobile website called

m.website.org

I want to use an htaccess to a

Answer 1

Similarly, if you wanted to redirect to a sub-folder instead of a sub-domain, do the following:

Working off of Kevin's great solution you can add this to the .htaccess file in your site's root directory:

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteBase /
        RewriteEngine On

        # Check if mobile=1 is set and set cookie 'mobile' equal to 1
        RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=1(&|$)
        RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mobile:1:%{HTTP_HOST}]

        # Check if mobile=0 is set and set cookie 'mobile' equal to 0
        RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=0(&|$)
        RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mobile:0:%{HTTP_HOST}]

        # cookie can't be set and read in the same request so check
        RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=0(&|$)
        RewriteRule ^ - [S=1]

        # Check if this looks like a mobile device
        RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-wap-profile} !^$ [OR]
        RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC,OR]
        RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile}       !^$

        # Check if we're not already on the mobile site
        RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}          !^m\.
        # Check to make sure we haven't set the cookie before
        RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie}        !\mobile=0(;|$)
        # Now redirect to the mobile site
        RewriteRule ^ http://www.mysite.com/m/ [R]
    </IfModule>

Then, in the /m/ folder, add or create an .htaccess with the following:

    #Begin user agent loop fix

         RewriteEngine Off
         RewriteBase /

    #End user agent loop fix 

I know it's not a direct answer to the question, but somebody (like me) might stumble upon this question and wonder how that method would be accomplished as well.

Answer 2

Tim Stone's solution is on the right track, but his initial rewriterule and and his cookie name in the final condition are different, and you can not write and read a cookie in the same request.

Here is the finalized working code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# Check if this is the noredirect query string
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)m=0(&|$)
# Set a cookie, and skip the next rule
RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mredir:0:www.website.com]

# Check if this looks like a mobile device
# (You could add another [OR] to the second one and add in what you
#  had to check, but I believe most mobile devices should send at
#  least one of these headers)
RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-wap-profile} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile}       !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "acs|alav|alca|amoi|audi|aste|avan|benq|bird|blac|blaz|brew|cell|cldc|cmd-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "dang|doco|eric|hipt|inno|ipaq|java|jigs|kddi|keji|leno|lg-c|lg-d|lg-g|lge-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT}  "maui|maxo|midp|mits|mmef|mobi|mot-|moto|mwbp|nec-|newt|noki|opwv" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "palm|pana|pant|pdxg|phil|play|pluc|port|prox|qtek|qwap|sage|sams|sany" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "sch-|sec-|send|seri|sgh-|shar|sie-|siem|smal|smar|sony|sph-|symb|t-mo" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "teli|tim-|tosh|tsm-|upg1|upsi|vk-v|voda|w3cs|wap-|wapa|wapi" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "wapp|wapr|webc|winw|winw|xda|xda-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "up.browser|up.link|windowssce|iemobile|mini|mmp" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "symbian|midp|wap|phone|pocket|mobile|pda|psp" [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !macintosh [NC]

# Check if we're not already on the mobile site
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}          !^m\.
# Can not read and write cookie in same request, must duplicate condition
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !(^|&)m=0(&|$) 

# Check to make sure we haven't set the cookie before
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE}        !^.*mredir=0.*$ [NC]

# Now redirect to the mobile site
RewriteRule ^ http://m.website.com [R,L]

Answer 3

You can also try this. Credits to the original author who has since removed the script

/mobile.class.php

<?php
/*
=====================================================
Mobile version detection
-----------------------------------------------------
compliments of http://www.buchfelder.biz/
=====================================================
*/

$mobile = "http://www.stepforth.mobi";
$text = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$var[0] = 'Mozilla/4.';
$var[1] = 'Mozilla/3.0';
$var[2] = 'AvantGo';
$var[3] = 'ProxiNet';
$var[4] = 'Danger hiptop 1.0';
$var[5] = 'DoCoMo/';
$var[6] = 'Google CHTML Proxy/';
$var[7] = 'UP.Browser/';
$var[8] = 'SEMC-Browser/';
$var[9] = 'J-PHONE/';
$var[10] = 'PDXGW/';
$var[11] = 'ASTEL/';
$var[12] = 'Mozilla/1.22';
$var[13] = 'Handspring';
$var[14] = 'Windows CE';
$var[15] = 'PPC';
$var[16] = 'Mozilla/2.0';
$var[17] = 'Blazer/';
$var[18] = 'Palm';
$var[19] = 'WebPro/';
$var[20] = 'EPOC32-WTL/';
$var[21] = 'Tungsten';
$var[22] = 'Netfront/';
$var[23] = 'Mobile Content Viewer/';
$var[24] = 'PDA';
$var[25] = 'MMP/2.0';
$var[26] = 'Embedix/';
$var[27] = 'Qtopia/';
$var[28] = 'Xiino/';
$var[29] = 'BlackBerry';
$var[30] = 'Gecko/20031007';
$var[31] = 'MOT-';
$var[32] = 'UP.Link/';
$var[33] = 'Smartphone';
$var[34] = 'portalmmm/';
$var[35] = 'Nokia';
$var[36] = 'Symbian';
$var[37] = 'AppleWebKit/413';
$var[38] = 'UPG1 UP/';
$var[39] = 'RegKing';
$var[40] = 'STNC-WTL/';
$var[41] = 'J2ME';
$var[42] = 'Opera Mini/';
$var[43] = 'SEC-';
$var[44] = 'ReqwirelessWeb/';
$var[45] = 'AU-MIC/';
$var[46] = 'Sharp';
$var[47] = 'SIE-';
$var[48] = 'SonyEricsson';
$var[49] = 'Elaine/';
$var[50] = 'SAMSUNG-';
$var[51] = 'Panasonic';
$var[52] = 'Siemens';
$var[53] = 'Sony';
$var[54] = 'Verizon';
$var[55] = 'Cingular';
$var[56] = 'Sprint';
$var[57] = 'AT&T;';
$var[58] = 'Nextel';
$var[59] = 'Pocket PC';
$var[60] = 'T-Mobile';    
$var[61] = 'Orange';
$var[62] = 'Casio';
$var[63] = 'HTC';
$var[64] = 'Motorola';
$var[65] = 'Samsung';
$var[66] = 'NEC';

$result = count($var);

for ($i=0;$i<$result;$i++)
{    
    $ausg = stristr($text, $var[$i]);    
    if(strlen($ausg)>0)
    {
        header("location: $mobile");
        exit;
    }

}
?>

Just edit the $mobile = "http://www.stepforth.mobi";

Answer 4

First, go to the following URL and download the mobile_detect.php file:

http://code.google.com/p/php-mobile-detect/

Insert the following code on your index or home page:

<?php
@include("Mobile_Detect.php");
$detect = new Mobile_Detect();
if ($detect->isMobile() && isset($_COOKIE['mobile']))
{
$detect = "false";
}
elseif ($detect->isMobile())
{
header("Location:http://www.yourmobiledirectory.com");
}
?>

Answer 5

Or you may try this:

?php

/**
* Mobile Detect
* @license    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
*/
class Mobile_Detect
{
    protected $accept;
    protected $userAgent;
    protected $isMobile = false;
    protected $isAndroid = null;
    protected $isAndroidtablet = null;
    protected $isIphone = null;
    protected $isIpad = null;
    protected $isBlackberry = null;
    protected $isBlackberrytablet = null;
    protected $isOpera = null;
    protected $isPalm = null;
    protected $isWindows = null;
    protected $isWindowsphone = null;
    protected $isGeneric = null;
    protected $devices = array(
    "android" => "android.*mobile",
    "androidtablet" => "android(?!.*mobile)",
    "blackberry" => "blackberry",
    "blackberrytablet" => "rim tablet os",
    "iphone" => "(iphone|ipod)",
    "ipad" => "(ipad)",
    "palm" => "(avantgo|blazer|elaine|hiptop|palm|plucker|xiino)",
    "windows" => "windows ce; (iemobile|ppc|smartphone)",
    "windowsphone" => "windows phone os",
    "generic" => "(kindle|mobile|mmp|midp|pocket|psp|symbian|smartphone|treo|up.browser|up.link|vodafone|wap|opera mini)");

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->userAgent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
        $this->accept = $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'];

        if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE']) || isset($_SERVER['HTTP_PROFILE']))
        {
            $this->isMobile = true;
        }
        elseif (strpos($this->accept, 'text/vnd.wap.wml') > 0 || strpos($this->accept, 'application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml') > 0)
        {
            $this->isMobile = true;
        }
        else
        {
            foreach ($this->devices as $device => $regexp)
            {
                if ($this->isDevice($device))
                {
                    $this->isMobile = true;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
    * Overloads isAndroid() | isAndroidtablet() | isIphone() | isIpad() | isBlackberry() | isBlackberrytablet() | isPalm() | isWindowsphone() | isWindows() | isGeneric() through isDevice()
    *
    * @param string $name
    * @param array $arguments
    * @return bool
    */
    public function __call($name, $arguments)
    {
        $device = substr($name, 2);
        if ($name == "is" . ucfirst($device) && array_key_exists(strtolower($device), $this->devices))
        {
            return $this->isDevice($device);
        } 
        else
        {
            trigger_error("Method $name not defined", E_USER_WARNING);
        }
    }

    /**
    * Returns true if any type of mobile device detected, including special ones
    * @return bool
    */
    public function isMobile()
    {
        return $this->isMobile;
    }

    protected function isDevice($device)
    {
        $var = "is" . ucfirst($device);
        $return = $this->$var === null ? (bool) preg_match("/" . $this->devices[strtolower($device)] . "/i", $this->userAgent) : $this->$var;
        if ($device != 'generic' && $return == true) {
        $this->isGeneric = false;
    }
    return $return;
}

Answer 6

For Mobiles like domain.com/m/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.*).domain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/m/.*$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /m/ [L,R=302]