Rewrite rule in htaccess for mobile version

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I am using codeigniter framework for my site and I have done two site one for accessing through mobile and another for accessing through pcs. both are in same domain . My site url is like this http://mydomain.comAnd my mobile is http://mydomain.com/celphone. I need to write htaccess rule which redirect to site url http://mydomain.com/celphone when i am accessing site from mobile and i need to rewrite to http://mydomain.com/ when i am accessing the site from pc.

How can i write rewrite rule in such case ,please help any help will be appreciated.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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~~As scessor, said, it cannot be done with .htaccess.~~ You need to analyse the browser's user agent for this.

Check out this mobile detection in php.

Usage is as easy as this

if ($detect->isMobile()) {
    header("location: mobile.yourdomain.com");
    exit;
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Mar 24 '12 at 07:18

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This answer is plain wrong, detecting mobile browsers in a .htaccess is absolutely possible. It will probably also be faster, as the request will be redirected before it even reaches the PHP engine. See scessor's answer for a link to a working .htaccess solution. – Bendik Oct 03 '12 at 08:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

~~The .htaccess has no information about the device, so it can't recognize the difference. You have to do this with your source code.~~ (see my update below)

E.g. in javascript analyze the browsers userAgent and redirect by setting window.location:

<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[  
    var mobile = (/iphone|ipad|ipod|android|blackberry|mini|windows\sce|palm/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase()));  
    if (mobile) {  
        window.location = "http://www.yoursite.com/mobile.html";  
    }  
// ]]></script>

=== UPDATE ===

Read the anwers of this question to see how you can redirect in the .htaccess.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 24 '12 at 07:08

Try doing it with PHP or any other server side language, you can look for the user agent and determine where to redirect the user. You might also find a ready-made class to do the checking for you. I've always used this and worked like a charm http://detectmobilebrowsers.mobi/

Rewrite rule in htaccess for mobile version

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