I'm not entirely sure if this is possible and tried searching but couldn't find the exact answer to my current situation.
I'm building a service which should allow users to point their own domain to the service. (they need to point an A record towards my server ip)
I'm able to catch the domain using the catch all in apache. So I made a Vhost record for this catch all in httpd.conf. So all not-defined hostnames in apache are pointed towards a certain directory.
Now I would like to pass this domain as a parameter to my service. So is it possible to point this.randomdomain.com to www.mywebserviceurl.com/domain/catch/this.randomdomain.com with .htaccess
The address bar should keep the url this.randomdomain.com
Edit:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blogs/string/$1 [R=301]
The above is redirecting but firefox trows an error "The page isn't redirecting properly - Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete."
And the address is changing which I don't want.
thanks!
Exclude that domain from the rule:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !=example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blogs/string/$1 [R=301]
And if you want the domain too:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !=example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blogs/string/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301]
See here: http://www.addedbytes.com/apache/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/
The directive %{HTTP_REFERER} should do what you're after.
If you use Gumbo's answer, but change the arguments in the braces, you can silently redirect. Change [R=301] to [L], which means it's the last rule that will be executed.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !=example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blogs/string/$1 [L,P]
Edit: After seeing Gumbo's answer, you'll also need mod_proxy enabled and add the P flag.
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How to redirect root domain to subfolder (with HTTPS) and rest of other addon domains to subfolders (without HTTPS).
Currently I have this .htaccess in root which redirects with HTTPS to the-main-subfolder ok. But my other addon domain, say domain2 also gets redirected to the-main-subfolder.
I would like to redirect domain2 to the-domain2-subfolder without HTTPS.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RedirectMatch ^/$ /the-main-subfolder/
I am not sure if this code is correct as it might me using a wildcard. I got this code from searching on net but there are so many suggestions that I am confused now!
In summary: My main hosting account in root should go to https://www.domain1.co.uk/the-main-subfolder when user types in domain1.co.uk in browser and my addon domain http://domain2.co.uk should go to http://www.domain2.co.uk/the-domain2-subfolder.
You can use additional RewriteConds to define specific redirections:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.org$
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/the-main-subfolder%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example1\.org$
RedirectRule ^(.*)$ /example1\.org-subfolder/$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example2\.org$
RedirectRule ^(.*)$ /example2\.org-subfolder/$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^host1\.example\.org$
RedirectRule ^(.*)$ /host1\.example\.org-subfolder/$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^host2\.example\.org$
RedirectRule ^(.*)$ /host2\.example\.org-subfolder/$1 [L,QSA]
I added a few examples to demonstrate the redability of explicit implementation and that you can do that for both, separate domains and hostnames (sometimes incorrectly called "subdomains"). I would always prefer such explicit notation over generic approaches since you can individually modify things, for example for testing or debugging purposes. Except if you are in a mass hosting situation obviously, then a database based approach makes sense.
Note that the redirection for what you call the "root domain" (example.org here) has a second RewriteCond now. Both conditions are AND-combined per default.
For safety you probably also want to add some more rules to redirect requests to something like https://example.org/host1.example.org-subfolder to the specific domain name, since according to your description you are limited to a single file tree in your hosting account. Same for request to http://test1.example.org/test1.example.org-subfolder/... to eliminate the literal folder name.
Oh, and a warning: the above syntax works for .htaccess style files only. If you have access to the real host configuration then you should always prefer to place such rules in there. However you need a slightly changed syntax then. .htaccess style rules are notoriously error prone, hard to debug and they really slow down the http server. They are only offered as a last option for those without access to the host configuration.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain1.co.uk$
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/the-main-subfolder%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,QSA]
Thanks #arkascha - Everything now works as expected with the above code. I suppose we do not need to mention so called add-on domains here at all because cPanel handles the sub-directories for them internally when we add subsequent domains on the hosting package (i.e. addon domains)!
Just to update that my previous solution partially works as it has few niggles/bugs. So went back to the drawing board and suddenly realised I was unnecessarily trying too hard!!
Deleted the old htaccess file first and followed instruction below..
The solution is already provided by cPanel in something called "Redirects" in Panel Icons.
I just had to enter everything in user interface text boxes like choose domainname = "domain1", old folder = "\", new folder = "https://www.domain1.co.uk/the-main-subfolder" - And just click create the redirect. In doing so it creates a .htaccess file itself automatically. I am sharing this below:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain1\.co\.uk$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain1\.co\.uk$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "https\:\/\/www\.domain1\.co\.uk\/the-main-subfolder\/" [R=301,L]
here's the current situation
we have multiple domains on same server (brand protection) pointing at the same content.
All have been redirected to one default domain with 301 redirection.
However, i got a task to exclude one domain from the rule (with or without www).
Rewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.basicdomain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.basicdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
So after the change it should say
If user types basicDomain2.com or www.basicDomain2.com do nothing.
If user types any other doman name with or without www, make redirection to www.basicdomain.com
Can anyone help me with this?
Have you tried this one:
Rewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?basicdomain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.basicdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
The ()? arround www. should make it optional.
What I want to achieve is to redirect any subdomain.mydomain.info to mydomain.info/subdomain using a 301 so that the visitor still sees subdomain.mydomain.info.
After some research I found that I had to set wildcard in my A-Record, did that. Than I went on to create a .htaccess. Below is my entire .htaccess.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.info [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.domain\.info [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /%1/$1 [L]
When I open subdomain.mydomain.info where I know that mydomain.info/subdomain is an existing folder I only get a message telling me that the domain "subdomain.mydomain.info" is unavailable.
My webspace is running a Confixx panel, just if that helps.
What could be going wrong here?
At this point I am guessing that some configuration outside the .htacces need to be made, but no idea what and where.
BIG EDIT:
Revisiting this. Turned out I had to talk to my provider to get some things set up correctly. Still trying to figure this our though.
Current situation: the .htaccess from above gives me a 500. Putting in an R, als was suggested in the comments, will redirect "sd.domain.info" to "domain.info/sd/sd/sd/sd" and result in an error by my browser. The browser says "There is redirect on this page" and give me the option to load it again. The version suggested by Al Kafri Firas also gives me a 500. When I remove the .htaccess any "subdomain.doamin.info" gets redirected to "domain.info" with the URL being changed in the head of my browser.
Still looking to get this working....
Revert all changes you made to your A-Record and use this rules
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.info$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([a-z0-9-]+)\.example\.info$ [NC]
RewriteRule /%2%{REQUEST_URI} [PT,L]
Using htaccess Rewrite, I want my url http://*.phoneataxi.com/ (where * is a wildcard, excluding 'www') to show in the address bar as is but get information from http://*.phoneataxi.com/test.php?c=*.
I have tried so many different things but nothing is doing exactly what I need. Most examples are redirecting the subdomain to the '/test.php' file in the address bar which I don't want to do.
I'm trying not to have to create individial subdomains and subdomain folders within my webroot.
Ideas?
I use this htaccess file to make Apache act as a proxy for another host:
IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^ghost\.pileborg\.se$
RewriteRule (.*) http://vps.pileborg.se/ghost/$1 [P]
</IfModule>
It causes all access to http://ghost.pileborg.se/ to be "redirected" to http://vps.pileborg.se/ghost/.
UPDATE (2020)
Some of the answers regarding this topic is very old and no longer work as expected.
After searching for hours on something that actually works, this is what I came up with; edit as you see fit:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([a-z0-9]+)\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{ENV:BASE}/index.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{ENV:BASE}/index.php [L,NC,QSA]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{ENV:BASE}/index.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{ENV:BASE}/index.html [L,NC,QSA]
Breakdown
Make sure that the rewrite module is installed and enabled on your host
first we turn the rewrite engine on and set the path-base
then isolate the subdomain - any letters/numbers before the first dot
set a variable in this runtime environment that contains the subdomain
check if the subdomain folder and index-file exists
if it does exist -then use that file as the request-handler (no redirect)
if it does not exist then the request carries on normally
Flags
The flags used here are explained here, but the ones used above are quite simple:
[L] Last rule, ignore the rest
[NC] No Case, no uppercase/lowercase restrictions
[QSA] I remember this as "Query String Attach" :D
I have a client that has a good amount of domain alias' and wants them all redirected to the one main domain on the site. They also want to know which of the domain alias' is doing the redirecting. I have that part down but I want to optimize the code to the best most proper way it should be and to eliminate the amount of code I have to write. I am wanting to know if there is a way to pass to the RewriteRule url the domain alias that was used.
This is what I have now. I am looking for the domain alias that is being hit and then passing that alias to the url. Then in google analytics I can see how many times that url was used to hit the page.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain-alias1\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.main-domain.com/?domain-alias1\.com$1 [R=301,L}
But my goal is to not have to write both the condition and rule for every single domain alias.
Is there a way to see which alias was hit and then have the rewrite rule automatically add that to the position I have specified?
I had originally tried something like this just to see if it would work(although I have tried many different ways):
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([a-z]+)\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.main-domain.com/?$1\.com$2 [R=301,L]
You can try something along these lines:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?main-domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.main-domain.com/$1?domain=%{HTTP_HOST} [R=301,L]
With this any request NOT for domain www.main-domain.com will be redirected to www.main-domain.com with the domain name in query string domain.