Rewritecond & non-www domains redirect

[MultiformeIngegno]

Hello!
I use this code to redirect my users from the domain with www to the one WITHOUT www. Example: www.website.com -> website.com:

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website\.com [nc]
RewriteRule (.*) http://website.com/$1 [R=301,L]

It works flawlessly, however I noticed that it doesn't work with subdomains, for example forum.website.com is always accessible via www.forum.website.com! How can I change my code to redirect also my subdomains to the ones without www (www.xxxx.website.com -> xxxx.website.com)?

Thanks in advance!

[Angelde93]

I can choose with www or without www when I create a subdomain.

[MrPhil]

It works flawlessly

No way. Your code redirects website.com to website.com. Did you mean the first line to be

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.website\.com [NC]
?

How can I change my code to redirect also my subdomains to the ones without www

I don't know why people insist on putting "www." in front of a subdomain -- takes all kinds, I guess. If you don't mind explicitly listing all your subdomains, you should be able to rewrite them:

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.xxxx\.website\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://xxxx.website.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.yyyy\.website\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://yyyy.website.com/$1 [R=301,L]
etc. That should work.

I'm not sure if there's a foolproof way to capture the subdomain (xxxx, yyyy) in the RewriteCond statement and then use it in the RewriteRule.

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.([^.]+)\.website\.com [NC]
should capture the subdomain name, but I don't know if that's going to be $1 or something else on the RewriteRule, or if it's even available. You could experiment, you could ask your host, or you could look in the Apache .htaccess URL rewriting documentation.

[MultiformeIngegno]

It works flawlessly

No way. Your code redirects website.com to website.com. Did you mean the first line to be

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.website\.com [NC]
?

Of course you're right.. sorry!

What do you think of this method instead (for subdomains)?

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RewriteEngine on
# Externally redirect to remove "www" prefix from subdomains
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.([^.]+)\.website\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1.website.com/$1 [R=301,L]


[MrPhil]

The documentation on %1 is a bit hard to find, but yes, that looks like it should contain the xxxx or yyyy extracted in the previous line's pattern. It's worth a try, and if it doesn't work, you have the way I gave to fall back on.