.htaccess redirect http to https
Update 2016
As this answer receives some attention, I want to hint to a more recommended way on doing this using Virtual Hosts: Apache: Redirect SSL
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mysite.example.com
Redirect permanent / https://mysite.example.com/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
ServerName mysite.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
SSLEngine On
# etc...
</VirtualHost>
Old answer, hacky thing given that your ssl-port is not set to 80, this will work:
RewriteEngine on
# force ssl
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]
Note that this should be your first rewrite rule.
Edit: This code does the following. The RewriteCond(ition) checks wether the ServerPort of the request is 80 (which is the default http-port, if you specified another port, you would have to adjust the condition to it). If so, we match the whole url (.*)
and redirect it to a https-url. %{SERVER_NAME}
may be replaced with a specific url, but this way you don't have to alter the code for other projects. %{REQUEST_URI}
is the portion of the url after the TLD (top-level-domain), so you will be redirected to where you came from, but as https.
I force the https with following code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
I use the following to successfully redirect all pages of my domain from http to https:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
Note this will redirect using the 301 'permanently moved'
redirect, which will help transfer your SEO rankings.
To redirect using the 302 'temporarily moved'
change [R=302,L]
This is the best for www
and for HTTPS, for proxy and no proxy users.
RewriteEngine On
### WWW & HTTPS
# ensure www.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# ensure https
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
### WWW & HTTPS