How to redirect root and only root via htaccess?

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I want to redirect only my root to another url, but maintain all the /sub/directories where they belong (and redirect)

example:

mysite.com/1 redirects to somewhere mysite.com/admin opens a page

i want mysite.com/ to redirect to mysecondsite.com and only this with a 301 redirect using htaccess

score 83 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 26 '09 at 02:44

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Try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} mysite\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
Rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://mysecondsite.com/ [L,R=301]

If you don't need to check for the old domain (for example, if the directory where your .htaccess is placed is only used by the old domain) you can remove the second line.

answered Aug 26 '09 at 02:44

Rodrigo Sieiro

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In my case, I needed to redirect traffic to mysite.com/ but not foo.mysite.com so had to add a regex to line 2: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.com$ [NC] to ensure the match was for the exact host – jaygooby Jun 23 '14 at 13:18
It is more efficient to check the URL-path in the RewriteRule pattern (as in @DaveForgac's answer), instead of using an additional condition to check the REQUEST_URI server variable. – MrWhite Jul 29 '18 at 17:38
This will also redirect root with parameters: this.com/?a=123 – Ralf Oct 27 '23 at 12:32
To exclude URLs with certain parameters, add:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !my_parameter= https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12134384/htaccess-to-redirect-one-domain-to-another-only-if-no-parameters-are-provided – Ralf Oct 27 '23 at 12:45

Dave Forgac · Answer 2 · 2009-08-26T02:30:58.220

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If you mean you'd only like to redirect "/" to another domain, this will work:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

This only matches the domain's root with nothing after it so it will only redirect the domain name without a filename specified.

edited Aug 26 '09 at 02:30

answered Aug 26 '09 at 02:25

Dave Forgac

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A slight variation worked for me. Added to the bottom of my htaccess, after all other rules invoked, I just wanted to render a welcome page to anyone visiting my root domain (without any subdomain): RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(subdomain1|subdomain2).mysite.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^$ /welcome.php [NC,L] – Kalnode Jul 12 '18 at 00:12
This will also redirect root with parameters: this.com/?a=123 – Ralf Oct 27 '23 at 12:33

score 18 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 17 '15 at 19:48

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This should work just fine:

RedirectMatch 301 ^/$ https://example.com/

answered Dec 17 '15 at 19:48

stefanbc

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This would be preferable (to the existing answers) if you are not already using mod_rewrite for other redirects. – MrWhite Mar 14 '17 at 22:25
maybe a 302 would be a better – CrandellWS Jul 14 '20 at 13:51
This will also redirect root with parameters: this.com/?a=123 – Ralf Oct 27 '23 at 12:31

score -4 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 13:18

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A shorter solution:

Redirect 301 / http://mysecondsite.com/

answered Jan 30 '13 at 13:18

minipark

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This will NOT do what jardel wants. It will redirect ALL pages rather than just the root. – sharoz Jul 16 '13 at 23:49

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