: Proper redirect taking into consideration http vs https This seems to be such a standard question, but I am not able to find the answer anywhere. I am trying to solve the famous .htaccess

@Speyer207

Thanks to the hint of Max and this post, I found the answer to my problem:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

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@Ann8826881

You will have one problem that you will need to address so I will cover it first.

You will have trouble with duplicate content using the method you suggest. On each page, you can have either HTTP point to HTTPS content or the other way around. Adding this to the header of each page, obviously modifying the example URL on a case by case basis, then you should be fine.

For HTTPS pointing to HTTP:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/cake/blue-berry-ring-cakes-rock" />


-- or --

For HTTP pointing to HTTPS:

<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.example.com/cake/blue-berry-ring-cakes-rock" />


I think the following should work for you. I modified it from another answer that worked okay. If there is a problem, we can look at it again.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

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