Redirect non-www to www WITH another rewrite already taking place

Question

This is a relatively standard question, but I cannot seem to get it to work on URLs that already have a rewrite going on.

For example, I have this URL:

http://example.com/this-is-rewritten/
https://example.com/this-is-rewritten/

should go to:

http://www.example.com/this-is-rewritten/
https://www.example.com/this-is-rewritten/

and I want to make sure that it is always WWW in front, if it is not a subdomain URL. So, if we had:

http://subdomain.example.com/this-is-rewritten/

That should NOT go to WWW. This is what I have so far, but it will send you to the under lying URL with querystring, not to the same "/this-is-rewritten/" url. Also, the http or https should be preserved.

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} (on)?
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(?:www.)(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)
RewriteRule .? http(?%1s)://%2%3 [R=301,L]

You should select the answer that is the answer as an answer. That way the question answerer gets credit. — Giacomo1968, Dec 18 '13 at 04:40

Jon Lin · Answer 1 · 2013-12-18T03:21:48.190

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Try:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.([a-z]+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%1.%2/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.([a-z]+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%1.%2/$1 [L,R=301]

or if you only have a specific host:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s (?:on(s)|off(s))
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http%1://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

edited Dec 18 '13 at 03:21

answered Dec 18 '13 at 01:43

Jon Lin

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That is taking me to [link](https://www../s/rec/this-is-rewritten/) Also, this should not take you to httpS if http was the original request. But, if we can get the domain in there and fix the https issue, this should work. – Dennis Dec 18 '13 at 02:06
that second one does seem to work with the host - I will fully test tomorrow, but looks good. thx!!! – Dennis Dec 18 '13 at 04:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '13 at 13:32

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There's also a common solution from Helicon's FAQ. Works 99.9%

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} (on)?
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(?!www\.)(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)
RewriteRule .? http(?%1s)://www.%2%3 [R=301,L]

answered Dec 18 '13 at 13:32

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This works, but it tacks on the querystring to the end of the rewritten URL. – Dennis Dec 18 '13 at 17:11
Easy! Just add '?' at the end: RewriteRule .? http(?%1s)://www.%2%3? [R=301,L] – Andrew Dec 18 '13 at 20:39

Redirect non-www to www *WITH* another rewrite already taking place

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Redirect non-www to www WITH another rewrite already taking place