How to redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS

Question

I'm trying to redirect all insecure HTTP requests on my site (e.g. http://www.example.com) to HTTPS (https://www.example.com). I'm using PHP btw. Can I do this in .htaccess?

Answer 1

Through .htaccess This will help.

RewriteEngine On


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

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

Also, Refer this for More Detail. How To Redirect Http To Https?

Answer 2

If you are using Apache, mod_rewrite is the easiest solution, and has a lot of documentation online how to do that. For example: http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/http-https-rewriterule-redirect.html

Answer 3

The best solution depends on your requirements. This is a summary of previously posted answers with some context added.

If you work with the Apache web server and can change its configuration, follow the Apache documentation:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example.com
    Redirect "/" "https://www.example.com/"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName www.example.com
    # ... SSL configuration goes here
</VirtualHost>

But you also asked if you can do it in a .htaccess file. In that case you can use Apache's RewriteEngine:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L]

If everything is working fine and you want browsers to remember this redirect, you can declare it as permanent by changing the last line to:

RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

But be careful if you may change your mind on this redirect. Browsers remember it for a very long time and won't check if it changed.

You may not need the first line RewriteEngine On depending on the webserver configuration.

If you look for a PHP solution, look at the $_SERVER array and the header function:

if (!$_SERVER['HTTPS']) {
    header("Location: https://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); 
} 

Answer 4

This is the html redirect approach it works but not the best.

 <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=https://www.example.com" />

PHP approach

<?php
function redirectTohttps() {
    if ($_SERVER['HTTPS']!="on") {
        $redirect= "https://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
        header("Location:$redirect"); 
    } 
}
?>

.htaccess approch

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

copied from: www.letuslook.org

Answer 5

The Apache docs recommend against using a rewrite:

To redirect http URLs to https, do the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example.com
    Redirect / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName www.example.com
    # ... SSL configuration goes here
</VirtualHost>

This snippet should go into main server configuration file, not into .htaccess as asked in the question.

This article might have come up only after the question was asked and answered, but seems to be the current way to go.

Answer 6

I found a method to force all pages of my site redirect from http to analog of pages on https that work for me.

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]