Dtyjlui

i moved my site from http to https
now i want to redirect the user into the new url but evry time i'm trying to edit .htaccess file i'm getting an error

this is the working file content where xxxz is site name

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>



# END WordPress

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxxz.qa$ [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.xxxz.qa$

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/cpanel-dcv/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]    {32}.txt(?: Comodo DCV)?$

RewriteRule ^/?$ "http://xxxz.com.qa" [R=301,L]

what i'm trying to edit is to add the following code in the top of the file as i read

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxxz.com.qa [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.xxxz.com.qa [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.xxxz.com.qa/$1 [L,R=301,NC]

but its not working so what do u think

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxxz.com.qa [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.xxxz.com.qa [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.xxxz.com.qa/$1 [L,R=301,NC]

This will result in a redirect loop as it will repeatedly redirect https://www.xxxz.com.qa/<url> to https://www.xxxz.com.qa/<url> again and again...

If you want to redirect from HTTP then you need to check that the request was for HTTP before redirecting to HTTPS. For example:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off

RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

No need for the NC flag, as you are simply matching everything anyway.

However, this conflicts with the existing directives at the end of your file:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxxz.qa$ [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.xxxz.qa$

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/cpanel-dcv/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]    {32}.txt(?: Comodo DCV)?$

RewriteRule ^/?$ "http://xxxz.com.qa" [R=301,L]

These directives should probably be deleted. (Fortunately, they probably aren't doing anything anyway - because they are after the WordPress front-controller.)

The best way for setting up Permanent 301 Redirects is by editing .htaccess with the required redirection code. Follow these steps:

1. Open your cPanel account.


2. Click on File Manager under Files section.


3. Click on public_html directory in the left sidebar.


4. Search for the .htaccess file. Right-click on it. Click on Edit.


5. A pop up box will appear. Click on Edit.


6. 
   

   A new tab will be opened. Here, you have to add the
   redirect code. For example, your old page is
   https://yoursite.com/old-page.htm, and the new page is
   https://yoursite.com/new-page.htm. In this case, the redirect code
   will be:

   
   
   

   Redirect 301 /old-page.htm/ /new-page.htm
   
   

   
   

You can find more information about these steps right here.