Question

Can anyone help me with this:

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

What I am trying to do is create a rewrite rule that sends you to the www version of a site if you try to connect using the non www version.

The condition works but the rules doesn’t, it sends me to http://
Can anyone suggest hoe I can fix this.
I was expecting $1 = everything in the condition above between ^ and $
Thanks

Answer 1

Don’t use HTTP_HOST, it’s evil.

Do this:

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

Where %1 matches the grouping from a previous RewriteCond.