Question

I have two URLs pointing to one app and I would like them all to be redirected to the SSL address with www (i.e https://www.example1.com)

I currently have the following in my .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example1.com [nc,or]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example1.com [nc,or]  # Causes problems
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example2.com [nc,or]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example2.com [nc]     # Causes problems
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.example1.com$1 [R=301,nc]

The conditions for www URLs don’t seem to redirect properly and the browsers complain as much.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In most Apache SSL setups, your best bet is redirecting Apache traffic on a port other than 443 (SSL) to the SSL URL:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !443
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.example1.com$1 [R=301,NC]

or, you can check for HTTPS this way:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.example1.com$1 [R=301,NC]