get users to view the www.site.com instead of site.com

[jasonc]

how do i make it so visitors get rerected from site.com to www.site.com so visitors only use the www.site.com

 

been told that i need to add something to the .htaccess file to make this so.

 

what is this ?

[ignace]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ="site.com"
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.site.com$1 [R=301,L]

[jasonc]

hey thank but still i am still taken to the home page being www.site.com

 

if i was to visit say

 

site.com/mypage.html i would like the visitor taken to www.site.com/mypage.html

same for

site.com/anotherpage.html would take them to www.site.com/anotherpage.html

 

and finally site.com/anotherfolder would take them to www.site/anotherfolder

[ignace]

Or

 

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == 'site.com') {
  header('Location: http://www.site.com' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 301);
  exit(0);
}

[jasonc]

but that would require me to add this to every page ?

[jasonc]

or can PHP code like this go in the .htaccess file ?

[ignace]

No. The PHP example is for if you use the FrontController concept.

[jasonc]

i tried

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ="site.com"

RewriteRule (.*) http://www.site.com$1 [R=301,L]

 

but if i was to visit

 

site.com/page.html

 

it takes me to www.site.com and not www.site.com/page.html

[ignace]

Maybe?

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ="site.com"
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.site.com/$1 [R=301,L]