Laravel: how to force HTTPS?

Question

I'm starting to develop a new big app, and I'm using Laravel this time, and it's the first time.

I need to force HTTPS for all pages, it's not important if from code or by .htaccess, but I'm not able to find a simple tutorial.

The official docs dosn't speak about this problem.

For info, my acutal .htaccess is

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>

My question is specific to Laravel 5, because I ve no idea on where and how modify this .htaccess file. And also I'am asking you if this is the right way for Laravel or if Laravel has something specific to setup to handle HTTPs.

So please do not close my question and try to be more adherent to the Laravel specific topic.

If you can post a simple way to modify this file AND/OR What to modify in Laravel config to properly handle https.

But in short yes, I want to force every call to transit on HTTPS.

Answer 1

You need adding this to your .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://YOURWEBSITEDOMAIN/$1 [R,L]

See this: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/ssl/how-to-force-https-using-the-htaccess-file

Answer 2

Try adding this code in your .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Answer 3

When you want to Render all URLs with https. The simplest method is use below code in the boot() function of app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php :

\URL::forceScheme('https');

Answer 4

Change your file .htaccess

Chage your domin in:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} mydomain.com [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://mydomain/$1 [R,L]

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
      Options -MultiViews
  </IfModule>

  RewriteEngine On

  # Added to Force HTTPS
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} mydomain\.com [NC]
  RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://mydomain/$1 [R,L]

  # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

  # Handle Front Controller...
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

  # Handle Authorization Header
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
  RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>

Answer 5

This worked for me

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} !^public [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

Answer 6

Add this to the boot method in AppServiceProvider

if($this->app->environment('production'))
{
   $this->app['request']->server->set('HTTPS','on');
}

Answer 7

You could try searching here first. There's tons of questions for the same issue with answers.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/4399158/5892849

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Answer 8

Try changing the "APP_URL" in the .env file from

APP_URL = http://example.com

to

APP_URL = https://example.com