Https to http redirect using htaccess

Question

I m trying to redirect https   www example com to http   www example com  I tried the following code in the  htaccess file  RewriteEngine On RewriteCond   HTTP HOST   example  com   NC  RewriteRule        http   www example com  1  R 301 L    This code successfully redirects https   example com to http   www example com  However when I type in https   www example com then it gives me a  web page not available  error in the browser   I have also tried the following 2 codes without success  Attempt 1  RewriteEngine On RewriteCond   HTTPS    on RewriteRule        NOSSL  http   www example com  1  R 301 L    Attempt 2  RewriteEngine On RewriteCond   HTTPS  on RewriteRule      http     HTTP HOST   REQUEST URI    Both above attempts failed  Any suggestions

User · Answer

The difference between http and https is that https requests are sent over an ssl-encrypted connection. The ssl-encrypted connection must be established between the browser and the server before the browser sends the http request.

Https requests are in fact http requests that are sent over an ssl encrypted connection. If the server rejects to establish an ssl encrypted connection then the browser will have no connection to send the request over. The browser and the server will have no way of talking to each other. The browser will not be able to send the url that it wants to access and the server will not be able to respond with a redirect to another url.

So this is not possible. If you want to respond to https links, then you need an ssl certificate.

User · Answer

You can use the following rule to redirect from https to http     RewriteEngine On   RewriteCond   HTTPS   on  RewriteRule        http   example com  1  NC L R    Explanation    RewriteCond   HTTPS   on    Checks if the HTTPS is on  Request is made using https   Then  RewriteRule        http   example com  1  NC L R    Redirect any request  https   example com foo  to http   example com foo      1 is part of the regex in RewriteRule pattern  it contains whatever value was captured in        in this case  it captures the full request uri everything after the domain name   NC L R  are the flags  NC makes the uri case senstive  you can use both uppercase or lowercase letters in the request    L flag tells the server to stop proccessing other rules if the currunt rule has matched  it is important to use the L flag to avoid rule confliction when you have more then on rules in a block   R flag is used to make an external redirection

User · Answer

Attempt 2 was close to perfect  Just modify it slightly    RewriteEngine On RewriteCond   HTTPS  on RewriteRule      http     HTTP HOST   REQUEST URI   R 301 L

User · Answer

Your code is correct  Just put them inside the  lt VirtualHost   443 gt   Example    lt VirtualHost   443 gt    SSLEnable    RewriteEngine On   RewriteCond   HTTPS  on   RewriteRule      http     HTTP HOST   REQUEST URI    lt  VirtualHost gt

User · Answer

RewriteCond   HTTP X-Forwarded-Proto   https

User · Answer

However  if your website does not have a security certificate  it s on a shared hosting environment  and you don t want to get the  warning  when your website is being requested through https  you can t redirect it using htaccess  The reason is that the warning message gets triggered before the request even goes through to the htaccess file  so you have to fix it on the server  Go to  etc httpd conf d ssl conf and comment out the part about the virtual server 443  But the odds are that your hosting provider won t give you that much control  So you would have to either move to a different host or buy the SSL just so the warning does not trigger before your htaccess has a chance to redirect

User · Answer

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond   SERVER PORT  443 RewriteRule      http     HTTP HOST   REQUEST URI   R 301 L

[apache] Https to http redirect using htaccess

Examples related to apache

Examples related to .htaccess

Examples related to http

Examples related to https