: How to redirect HTTPS to HTTP behind proxy (CloudFlare) I want to redirect HTTPs to HTTP, I tried following code in .htaccess file Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}

@Alves908

yes, I am using Flexible SSL (Free) cloudflare service


This is the "problem". As Antony suggests in comments. Your server is responding to requests on port 80 (plain HTTP). The SSL connection is only between the visitor and CloudFlare. The connection between CloudFlare and your server is not encrypted. This is what the "Flexible SSL" (Free) CloudFlare service is.

Reference: support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170416-What-do-the-SSL-options-mean-
Since you seem to want to redirect all requests to HTTP, then you should disable the SSL option at CloudFlare.



UPDATE: Since your server is working on plain HTTP and the SSL is being handled by the front end proxy (CloudFlare in this case) then the only way to detect the protocol of the original request (ie. HTTP or HTTPS) is if the proxy sends this information in an HTTP request header, ie. X-Forwarded-Proto by convention.

From Wikipedia - List of HTTP header fields - X-Forwarded-Proto:


a de facto standard for identifying the originating protocol of an HTTP request, since a reverse proxy (or a load balancer) may communicate with a web server using HTTP even if the request to the reverse proxy is HTTPS.


Incorporating this into an HTTPS to HTTP redirect:

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =https [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) www.example.com/ [R=301,L]


Reference:
Cloudflare Support - How do I fix the infinite redirect loop error after enabling Flexible SSL with WordPress? (includes relevant non-WordPress information)

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