I have a server that serves several domains from a single IP address using Apache's Virtual Host shenanigans. Three of the sites are required to redirect to www
if it's omitted from the URL.
I have the following rule in the .htaccess
file of each domain:
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\..+$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
This works for two of the three, but the third completely fails to comply. I know that the .htaccess
is being hit because the framework requires all hits to be routed through index.php
... and that is happening correctly. So, it's not permissions, and the .htaccess
is identical (more or less) on each domain. I even looked into caching (even though that doesn't make any sense... desperation gives way to insanity!)
Please help me if you have any clue what is going on.
As requested, here's the complete vhost
config, and .htaccess
file...
vhost
configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin me@gmail.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
ServerName www.example.com
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/example.com>
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
.htaccess
file:
# BEGIN example.com
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\..+$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [S=40]
####################################################
# If requested URL-path plus ".php" exists as a file
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
# Rewrite to append ".php" to extensionless URL-path
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)$ /$1.php [L]
####################################################
# redirect to RoutingHandler
RewriteRule ^.*$ /index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>
# END example.com
Bear in mind, there are two other domains set up in an identical manner... and they both work with zero issues.