mod-rewrite

500 Internal Server Error when using .htaccess with RewriteEngine

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\xef\xbb\xbf are three invisible junk characters (at least from Apache’s perspective) called the Unicode BOM, or byte order mark. Apache thinks that those characters are part of the command that follows right after. This is what you see in the log, though the characters are escaped so they’re visible to the naked eye. \xef\xbb\xbfRewriteEngine In … Read more

Redirect to other domain but keep typed domain

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It is possible to get it done via mod_rewrite but make sure mod_proxy is enabled in your Apache’s httpd.conf. Once that is done enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory: Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?mydomain\.be$ [NC] RewriteRule ^ http://www.mydomain.nl%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,P] … Read more

Apache rewrite based on subdomain

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You should have a look at the URL Rewriting Guide from the apache documentation. The following is untested, but it should to the trick: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.blah\.domain\.com$ RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://blah.domain.com/%1/$1 [L,R] This only works if the subdomain contains no dots. Otherwise, you’d have to alter the Regexp in RewriteCond to match any character which should … Read more

Force SSL/HTTPS with mod_rewrite [duplicate]

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The following solution works for both proxied and unproxied servers. So if you are using CloudFlare, AWS Elastic Load Balancing, Heroku, OpenShift or any other Cloud/PaaS solution and you are experiencing redirect loops with normal HTTPS redirects, give it a try. RewriteEngine On # If we receive a forwarded http request from a proxy… RewriteCond … Read more

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