type domain.com and it loads www.domain.com

jdk · #1 09-04-2005, 07:27 PM

How would I make it so when a user types in my site using domain.com it will automatically open up www.domain.com. An example would be when you type in google.com it goes to www.google.com. I am assuming it is something I can put in an .htaccess file

jdk · #2 09-04-2005, 07:44 PM

Found the solution for everyone.

Canonical Hostnames
Description:
The goal of this rule is to force the use of a particular hostname, in preference to other hostnames which may be used to reach the same site. For example, if you wish to force the use of www.example.com instead of example.com, you might use a variant of the following recipe.
Solution:
# For sites running on a port other than 80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^fully\.qualified\.domain\.name [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^80$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://fully.qualified.domain.name:%{SERVER_PORT}/$1 [L,R]

# And for a site running on port 80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^fully\.qualified\.domain\.name [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://fully.qualified.domain.name/$1 [L,R]

Kijit Solutions · #3 09-04-2005, 09:19 PM

IMO, this is alot more easier:

PHP Code:


			
    $url = 'http://www.kijit.com'.$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

    $data = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']); 

    $first = $data[0];

    if ($first != 'www')

    { // WWW

        header('HTTP/1.0 301 Moved Permanently');

        header('Location: '.$url);

        header('Connection: close');

        exit;

    }

Change "http://www.kijit.com" to whatever you want it directed to.