R=301 Flag Being Ignored

[alex3]

Hi,

 

I have this rewrite rule that detects if my VPS is being accessed via it's IP rather than an FQDN:

 

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteBase /
        RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^12\.123\.123\.123
        RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://hostname.domain.tld/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

 

And I have this as the hostname entry in my VHosts file for domain.tld:

 

<VirtualHost *:80>

        # VHost for VPS info
        ServerName hostname.domain.tld
        ServerAlias hostname.domain.tld
        DocumentRoot /home/username/www/domain.tld/public/hostname

</VirtualHost>

 

When I visit 12.123.123.123 in my browser, I get shown the index.html of the hostname dir, but I don't get a hard redirect (as I believe I should with R=301), but I still see the IP in the address bar. I can't find any reason why the flags should be ignored, so why is the RewriteRule being carried out, but the flag ignored?

 

Any help is immensely appreciated!

Cheers,

Alex

[alex3]

Little bump, help still needed

[alex3]

Bump..

[cags]

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://hostname.domain.tld/$1 [R=301,L]

 

The pattern is probably not matching I don't believe there would be a forward slash at the start. Try removing it...

 

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hostname.domain.tld/$1 [R=301,L]

[alex3]

Had been unbelievably stupid and was editing the wrong .htaccess for a start (SO stupid).

 

Once I was editing the right one, removing the slashes worked, thank you so very much indeed