I am attempting to disable HTTPS by redirecting it to HTTP on my XAMPP server via my .htaccess but I was unable to do so. I looked quite a bit when I found this answer on stackoverflow for the same question. Since I have full access to my XAMPP, I went and edited the httpd-ssl.conf and commented out the the virutal hosts section but my apache refused to start after that. After that I commented out Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf in my httpd.conf which allowed my apache to start but I still can't redirect HTTPS to HTTP. The page just keeps loading nonstop.
Here is what my htaccess looks like:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,L]
I think that the problem I am facing might be that I commented out the entire SSL file so here are the lines I tried to comment out in the httpd-ssl.conf
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
# General setup for the virtual host
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
ServerName www.example.com:443
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
ErrorLog "C:/xampp/apache/logs/error.log"
TransferLog "C:/xampp/apache/logs/access.log"
# SSL Engine Switch:
# Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
SSLEngine on
I also tried setting SSLEngine off and Apache started but I started getting ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR when I tried to load the site.
EDIT: LOGS
Commenting out Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf in httpd.conf results in [ssl:warn] [pid 5440:tid 364] AH01873: Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] in my error.log after I start Apache.
Commenting out the virtual hosts section in my httpd-ssl.conf results in no errors in error.log but I get this in my xampp-control:
[Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
[Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
[Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
[Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
[Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
[Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
[Apache] entire log window on the forums
Setting SSLEngine off results in [ssl:warn] [pid 2276:tid 388] AH01916: Init: (www.example.com:443) You configured HTTP(80) on the standard HTTPS(443) port! in my error.log after I start Apache.
