redirect using .htaccess and ModRewrite

[tomyknoker]

Hi All,

I am having a massive issue trying to re-direct my site. I can get modRewrite working on my server but this is exactly what i need to happen.

I have 2 domains pointing to my server:

http://www.domain.com (primary domain)
http://www.domain.com.au

If a user types in http://www.domain.com.au, I want it to automatically re-direct to http://www.domain.com... I know I do this using .htaccess and modRewrite just not sure of the exact code...

Any help would be fantastic! As I am stuck!

Thanks,
Tom

[djr33]

.htacess? you could just use php headers, or a meta tag. might be easier.

Unless you're doing this so that

domain1.com/particularpage.htm
will redirect to
domain2.com/particularpage.htm

If you do want the exact location transferred, not sure how this works. you might be on the right track.

Sorry, but I don't really know how to help with htaccess. good luck, though.

if you did just want the second domain's index to transfer people, you could just use this, though:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.domain.com">
Put that in the header section, and you're done. 0 is the delay, in seconds, so for immediate redirect, use that.

[mwinter]

If a user types in http://www.domain.com.au, I want it to automatically re-direct to http://www.domain.com... I know I do this using .htaccess and modRewrite just not sure of the exact code...

You needn't go as far as using mod_rewrite, and even if you did, mod_rewrite works very differently at a per-directory level (.htaccess) than it does in the server configuration file. The Redirect directive should suffice:

Redirect permanent / http://www.domain.com/

Hope that helps,
Mike

[tomyknoker]

Hi Mike,

SO where about's do I put the code you spoke of? Does it go into a .htaccess file?

[mwinter]

SO where about's do I put the code you spoke of? Does it go into a .htaccess file?

Yes, though the main server configuration file would be better.

Mike