: 301 subfolder redirect but want old URL to remain in address bar I am subfolder redirecting from www.example.com to www.example.com/folder Here is my .htaccess: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine

@Jamie184

In order to keep the same URL in the address bar, you need an internal rewrite, as opposed to an external redirect (that's the R=301 bit).

Try the following instead:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ website/index.php [L]


Notice that the R flag is removed from the RewriteRule and the substitution is now relative, not absolute. (An absolute URL-path would implicitly trigger a redirect.)

In the code you posted, the RewriteBase directive is not required. Neither is the second RewriteCond directive that checks against REQUEST_URI - I've moved the URL check to the RewriteRule pattern instead, which is more efficient. The NC (nocase) flag is also not required on the RewriteRule in this instance.

Unless you have multiple domains on your account then the first RewriteCond directive that checks against HTTP_HOST is also not required.

And unless this is intended to work without mod_rewrite installed then you should remove the <IfModule> wrapper as well.

Make sure you clear your browser cache before testing, as the previous 301 redirect will have been cached.

Note that this is a single rewrite from example.com/ to example.com/website/index.php. Any other URL is not rewritten/redirected. So, any internal links will need to contain the actual root-relative (or absolute) URLs.

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