.htacccess

[HappySailor]

Hey friends,

on my site I use phpBB as a support forum. I would like to redirect all traffic to always use https, instead of http. Generally on my site this works fine, but as phpBB comes with its own .htaccess file, I guess that it needs some tweaks.

What I did was I added the code below at the bottom of the phpBB .htaccess file, and it seems to do its job just fine, but I was wondering if any problems might occur that I haven't thought of, using that solution.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

[3Di]

In your .htaccess file (YOUR_FORUM_ROOT/.htaccess) after the first 2 lines

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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on

ADD, AFTER (on a new line)

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RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

The final result would be

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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

SAVE the file.

In ACP/cookie settings - set cookie secure to ENABLED.

Note:
the last bit [R,L] doesn't contain the 301 redirect (which is permanent), best to change this bit after you really realised everything went fine, otherwise your links will be permanently redirected also if wrong and search engines are not often visiting a site, therefore, updating links... that could lead to issues.

Once you know, can be changed to [L,R=301].

That code seems to be the best solution, saved many others' days here.
Have a look at the server port in ACP, should be 443 (in some case depends on wrong server settings though).

To test, visit another site where you posted a link to your site under HTTP, should redirect to HTTPS.

As well the above code redirects any www.site.xxx - site.xxx - http://site.xxx - http://www.site.xxx to their relative HTTPS.