concatenate strings in .htaccess

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Seems so simple, proves to be tough to find ... In my .htaccess file I want to create following rewriteRule:

RewriteRule (.*)$  %{HTTP_HOST} + /home.html

Can someone pls tell me how to concatenate a .htaccess variable (HTTP_HOST) and a string (/home.html)

And NO, I cannot redirect to /home.html directly because this .htaccess file serves 2 different domains which are both each located in a subdirectory in my webspace. Apparently the .htaccess file doesn't work when put into a subdirectory .

C3roe · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-03 07:50:14Z

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There is no need for a special “concatenation operator” or something – you just place the variable reference into the substitution, it will get parsed in there automatically.

What you should keep in mind though, is that %{HTTP_HOST} will contain only the host name, no protocol – so it might be necessary to prefix it with a protocol so that it is not treated as a directory.

RewriteRule .* http://%{HTTP_HOST}/home.html [R]

should work. (I added the [R] flag for an explicit redirect [which I guess you want?], because otherwise it might be just an internal one if the host matches the current one.)

answered Apr 3, 2013 at 7:50

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Flying Dutchman Over a year ago

@ CBroe: Spot on! I had tried your concatination solution before, but without the protocoll prefix :( Now the htaccess does the job! Thnx, Arthur

5ervant - techintel.github.io · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-03 08:13:15Z

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Do you mean you want to redirect and NOT TO REWRITE the specific domain into /home.html? Just simply use a rewrite condition:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} domain1\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ /home.html [R]

And please explain your question briefly, so I could edit the code to the right one.

edited Apr 3, 2013 at 8:13

answered Apr 3, 2013 at 8:07

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Flying Dutchman Over a year ago

@ Servant: Nope, I really need a rewriteRule because of the configuration of the double domain (see initial question)

5ervant - techintel.github.io Over a year ago

This is possible, RewriteRule (.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/home.html and now what do you want?

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