How to forward http requests to https

Michael Cole

There are several ways to do this if you have seperate web directories for http and https:

1) Use an index.html with a forward header

2) Use an index.html with a forward javascript

But, if you are using the *same* web directory, how can you do it?

Use an .htaccess file and mod_rewrite

Add this code to the htaccess file, and it will forward any http request (on port 80) to https:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301]

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