I'm using Codeigniter and following these instructions to force ssl but all requests are being redirected to
http://staging.example.com/index.php/https:/staging.example.com
My .htaccess
is:
### Canonicalize codeigniter URLs
# Enforce SSL https://www.
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
###
# Removes access to the system folder by users.
# Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
# previously this would not have been possible.
# 'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
# Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
# such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
# request to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
I think, instead of
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
you should have something like
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
do have the rewrite rule match. Your link is currently produced by the third rule.
You could do it in code instead of using htaccess.
You can create a helper function that will redirect the page to be over SSL, which you call from your controller.
In your helper;
function force_ssl() {
if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) || $_SERVER['HTTPS'] != "on") {
$url = "https://". $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
redirect($url);
exit;
}
}
Then in your controller;
class Whatever extends CI_Controller {
function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper(array('your_ssl_helper'));
}
public function index() {
force_ssl();
...
}
}
Use this
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
instead of
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Presumably you have RewriteEngine On
somewhere above this code...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
probably isn't going to be triggered. REQUEST_URI should start with / (unlike RewriteRule), so you probably want
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/system
I'm not sure that
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
will reliably match, with ^. I would try the following:
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}$1 [L,R=301]
Incidentally, HTTP_HOST is normally whatever the visitor typed in, so www. is not guaranteed, if that's what you want. You will need a separate step to force www..
I wrote the following class for this purpose. I prefer having stuff like this in code over a configuration file, so that the behaviour cannot be modified by a bad config (i.e. a page is truly "forced" to SSL).
The function must be called at an early stage in your site's loading process.
class SecurityHelper extends MX_Controller
{
// CONTROLLERS FORCED TO SSL
private $arrHttps = array(
'products/shipping',
'products/billing'
);
// CONTROLLERS ACCESSIBLE FROM BOTH
private $arrAgnostic = array (
'products/getcart'
);
function redirectSsl()
{
// SSL MODULES
if(in_array(uri_string(), $this->arrHttps))
{
// ONLY REDIRECT IF NECESSARY
if ($_SERVER['HTTPS'] != "on")
{
// REDIRECTING TO SSL
$newUrl = str_replace('http://', 'https://', base_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
redirect($newUrl);
}
}
// NON-SSL MODULES
else
{
// IF AGNOSTIC, DON'T REDIRECT
if(in_array(uri_string(), $this->arrAgnostic))
return;
// ONLY REDIRECT IF NECESSARY
if ($_SERVER['HTTPS'] == "on")
{
$newUrl = str_replace('https://', 'http://', base_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
redirect($newUrl);
}
}
}
}
Hope it helps.