RewriteRule: Unable to redirect from 'foo.com' to 'www.foo.com'

using htaccess

[guarriman]

Hi.

This is my piece of code within my '.htaccess' file:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} [foo.com...]
RewriteRule ^/(.*) [foo.com...] [L,R=301]
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This must work, right?

I'm not able to configure it in order to work :(

[wheelie34]

Try this

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^foo\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) [foo.com...] [R=301,L]

It works for me

[g1smd]

The HOST should include only the name, not the http:// preamble. The added NC makes it case insensitive.

If the code is going in .htaccess then RewriteRule cannot see the leading / on the requested path. If the code is going in httpd.conf, then it can see the leading / there.

Escape the literal period in the HOST part. The example in the post immediately above, is all good.