mod_rewrite - add www

Question

I\'m trying to force www for my site address with .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http:/         


        

Answer 1

The problem is right here:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.com$ [NC]

^ specifies the beginning of the string while $ specifies the end.

In order to make it work you need to have a wildcard select after the .com or .+.

to reiterate what Alex said:

 
   RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\..+$ [NC]
   RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]