5 .htaccess Rewrites: Force HTTPS, Remove index.php, Remove .php, Force www, Force Trailing Slash

Question

I\'ve read many articles and cannot seem to get ALL of the combined .htaccess Rewrites to work together. I either get re-direct loops or one or a few do not work at all.

Answer 1

Try this to avoid the loop:

#non-www. http to www. https
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?yourdomain\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

#non-www. https to www. https
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/*(.*?)/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1/ [R=302,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1/ [R=302,L]

# Ensure all URLs have a trailing slash.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^[^.]*?[^/.]$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [L,R=302]

# Remove all .php extensions without interfering with .js or .css.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^.]+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

# Remove index from url.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^.]+?)/?$ index.php?$1 [L,QSA]

Answer 2

I see 2 issues:

Redirect rules appearing after rewrite ones Adding .php should only happen after you ensure corresponding .php file exists.

Have it this way:

Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Ensure www on all URLs.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=302]

# Ensure we are using HTTPS version of the site.
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=302]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/*(.*?)/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1/ [R=302,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1/ [R=302,L]

# Ensure all URLs have a trailing slash.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^[^.]*?[^/.]$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [L,R=302]

# Remove all .php extensions without interfering with .js or .css.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^.]+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

# Remove index from url.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^.]+?)/?$ index.php?$1 [L,QSA]

Make sure to clear your browser cache before testing this.