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Sc0rian
Asked: 2013-04-12 08:35:09 +0800 CST

apache rewrite rules https to directory

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I want apache to:

  1. redirect http users to https
  2. if they access http(s)://example.com/1234 redirect to /view/1234

I have tried different flavours but cannot get it work. When a user access the website, they get redirected to https://, however I cannot get the /{numeric} to redirect to add /view/. The numeric rule was working okay until I put the https redirect on.

I have tried it with RewriteCond %{HTTPS} = on, but this causes 500 errors. 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://domain.example.org/$1 [R,L]
RewriteRule ^(\d+)$ https://domain.example.org/view/$1 [R=301,L]
apache-2.2

4 Answers

  1. Will this not work for you?

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

    Try this to test:

    http://htaccess.madewithlove.be/

    Ok it sounds like you actually want something like this:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /1234
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/view%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
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  2. Replace first RewriteCond with:

    RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
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  3. This is going to be an off the cuff answer, but, I believe the rewrite rules match in a first come/first serve basis. Since the path structure changes, I'll bet your http://domain.example.org/1234 users are getting redirected to the https equivalent but without the path change. Try switching the order of the rules and you'll get closer to a full solution.

    If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll fire up an Apache instance and we'll see what we can get working in tandem.

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  4. Best Answer

    Thanks for your help.

    I finally have it working. I used the following:

    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://domain.example.org/$1 [R,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)/?$    https://%{HTTP_HOST}/view/$1    [NC,L]

    So any numeric requests have /view added on, any attempts to access the site with http:// gets forwarded to https://. Seems to work well.

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