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Asked: 2026-06-12T07:18:30+00:00

I have this rewrite code: RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*iPhone.*$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://stagingsite.com/site/mobile [R=301] RewriteRule ^faq/$

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I have this rewrite code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*iPhone.*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://stagingsite.com/site/mobile [R=301]
RewriteRule ^faq/$ /mobile/faq

The first line is working correctly. If the user is on an iphone then redirect to the mobile directory where the index page is displayed.

I also want users visiting:

http://stagingsite.com/site/faq

to get forwarded to http://stagingsite.com/site/mobile/faq if they’re on an iphone but the last line of code above doesn’t seem to be achieving this.

Any ideas what I have wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    RewriteCond directives only get applied to the *immediately following RewriteRule. So you have the condition that checks for iPhone, but that only gets applied to the redirect rule, and not the faq rule. You have to duplicate it:

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*iPhone.*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://stagingsite.com/site/mobile [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*iPhone.*$
RewriteRule ^faq/?$ /site/mobile/faq [L]

    You should also include L flags so the 2 rules don’t accidentally interfere with each other. And your regex and target needs to be updated to accept an optional trailing slash and the subdirectory.

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