Force https and no www using htaccess

Question

This question has been asked a million times before but my problem is that this still doesn't work for me, regardless of what code I use so I was wondering if I could have some help perhaps?

This is my current htaccess and it does successfully remove the www, but the https doesn't work at all. I want it to redirect all traffic to https://example.com if the requested url uses www or http. Any help please? Thanks a bunch!

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.com/$ [L,R=301]

• note: the rewrite engine is on, it's a few lines above.

Answer 1

Use this. It should save you from two headaches.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_PORT} 80 [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

this also allows any URL that starts with http://www.example.com/ or that connects to port 80 (the standard web port) to redirect to https://example.com/

Answer 2

You can also use the following:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain-name.tld$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain-name.tld/$1 [L,R=301]

Answer 3

I've tried many different configs and rules, the following is the only bulletproof solution that works for me.

    # match any URL with www and rewrite it to https without the www
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)(.*) [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*) https://%2%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

    # match non https and redirect to https
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

The order matters, as it will prevent a 3rd redirect in some cases.

For a subdomain, you just use

    # match non https and redirect to https
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

I use Cloudways coupled with Cloudflare and this works perfectly, all other provided examples caused a redirect loop or failed to resolve..