I need a php code that will forward the visitor to www.hotlinkhosting.com if the url they visit is http://hotlinkhosting.com. So if they only type hotlinkhosting.com into the address bar and hit enter or go it will forward the user to http://www.hotlinkhosting.com instead of staying at http://hotlinkhosting.com. Is this possible? I'm pretty sure it is for I have seen it on other websites such as http://download.com.

Hello,

php code won't help you. This is purely your dns settings for your domain. You should have your domain answer with or without the www prefix.

My domain does answer with and without the www, but my problem is that i don't want people viewing my page without the www there.

If you move all the content into the WWW folder and not the public_html folder does that work?

Try using htaccess instead. Make a new file called .htaccess, and stick this in it (not tested):
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

the above code gave me an internal server error.

do you have cpanel? there is a re-direct feature there..

Originally posted by aalkeilani
do you have cpanel? there is a re-direct feature there.. I don't want to make my homepage a nonstop loop using CPanel's redirect feature.

try this with php :)

<?php

$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
if ($host !="www.hotlinkhosting.com/"){
header("Location: http://www.hotlinkhosting.com");
exit();
}
?>


hope it helps :)

That would work great, only then he would have to include that in ALL of his files.

I think .htaccess would be the best way.

That would also cause problems if someone was to type in hotlinkhosting.com/packages.php into the browser. he would be sent to the homepage instead.

try this then :)

<?php
$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
$current_url= $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$redirect_url = "http://www.hotlinkhosting.com".$current_url;
if ($host !="www.hotlinkhosting.com"){
header("Location: ".$redirect_url);
exit();
}

?>

if you have a file called header.php and use it for your site...then it would save you time ..by just editing that page :)

ty , that last one worked.

you're welcome. Glad it works for you