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.htaccess 301 force redirect directory to a subdomain
.htaccess 301 force redirect directory to a subdomain
- Posted: 23rd February 2010
- Created by: Robert
- Found in: PHP
I recently came across a situation that required some attention with htaccess regex. This example I needed to send a folder on my server to a sub domain that had been created.
Eg. http://www.my-site.com/subfolder/ -> http://subfolder.my-site.com/
.htaccess code snippet:
RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^my-site.com [nc]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.my-site.com/$1 [L,R=301]
#this is the magic line below here
RedirectMatch 301 ^/subfolder/(.*)$ http://subfolder.my-site.com/$1
And that's it! Pretty cool hey.
Other thing to note -> this redirect will also account for subfolders and pages of the first subfolder. Eg. http://www.my-site.com/subfolder/nextfolder/a-page.php -> http://subfolder.my-site.com/nextfolder/a-page.php