How to redirect full url to subdomain

.htaccess301-redirectredirect

I am trying to redirect a site page to a subdomain (same url) with .htaccess but it's stuck in a redirect loop or redirected to 404 page. The following is my code used in .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^uk.example.com/2-day-course.html http://www.example.com/2-day-course.html [L,R=301,NC]

Some of the URLs need to be redirected from subdomain to main domain on the same page, it has the same issue like above.

Is there a way to do it with .htaccess file?

Best Answer

If this is resulting in a redirect loop then I assume uk.example.com and www.example.com must be pointing to the same place. You need to explicitly check the host before redirecting:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^uk\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^2-day-course\.html$ http://www.example.com/2-day-course.html [L,R=301,NC]

Note that the RewriteRule pattern matches against the URL-path only. This does not include the hostname, which must be checked in a separate condition.

As always with 301 redirects, you'll need to clear all caches before testing.

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Apache 2.2 – How to Redirect Root via .htaccess

Try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} mysite\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
Rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://mysecondsite.com/ [L,R=301]

If you don't need to check for the old domain (for example, if the directory where your .htaccess is placed is only used by the old domain) you can remove the second line.

How to redirect subdomain to domain with subdomain as parameter

Your redirect loop is happening because you are redirecting everything (even www.example.com). Maybe try something like:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^\.]+)\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/shop?user=%1 [L,R=301]

This should only fire when you're on something other than www.example.com.

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