Forcing https throws error

Hosting Support
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Whenever I am trying to use the htaccess to redirect http to https with the following code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =http
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

I am being thrown a 500 error.
The error is 500 Error, please check your php script / enable display_errors in your cpanel .

What can be done about it?

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Try to use this code instead and see if that throws an error:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} http
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NC]
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Did you try to enable display_errors in your control panel, like the message suggested?

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Yes I tried…but somehow no error shows up.

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Yes it still throws error.

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Then what is your full .htaccess file code, so I can continue to help you?

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I have pasted the only part that I have in my .htaccess file. :frowning:

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@Admin @Ergastolator1
I tried the following:

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Using the above the error goes away, but automatic redirection doesn’t happen. I need to manually enter https to go to the secured site or else it opens me the unsecured version.

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@Admin @Ergastolator1 Any ideas on what can be done about it?

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Hi there,

you can alternatively try using the Cloudflare integration and activating the force HTTPS setting there.

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@Magnus Using cloudflare would be a good option as AFAIK it allows SSL on subdomains too but the drawback would be of a shared SSL. So I was looking for an option to enforce SSL on the main domain and subdomains. But since SSL on subdomains is not available on subdomains on infinityfree, hence I was looking to use Letsencrypt SSL and force redirect to https for the main domain using htaccess.

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I do understand that. Normally, you should be able to add the rule to the .htaccess file, but I don‘t know what is going wrong with your implementation of it.

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@Magnus I too am confused, is there any way or files that you would like me to share for you to take a look into?

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The code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Should be working fine; it isn‘t though. I don‘t really know why.

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@Magnus For me only on one device it is being served. Other devices both http and https are being served when requested manually. And is clouflare ssl available for subdomains?

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It has https; BUT ONLY if I manually enter https://.

THIS MEANS —> You will need to force HTTPS if you want all your visitors to automatically be redirected to the HTTPS version of your site. :slight_smile:

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@Magnus Exactly, and it’s happening inspite of me having the .htaccess file with the above code. It would be great to receive some solution from someone, even from @Admin. :slight_smile:

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I just copy pasted the .htaccess snippet from our knowledge base onto your website and it appears to be working perfectly now.

I didn’t find any other .htaccess files in your account by the way.

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@Admin I had removed the .htaccess as it wasn’t working and then I moved on to try cloudflare. The site is currently redirecting to https but am not sure whether its the cloudflare or letsencrypt.

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In the screenshot, you can see multiple references to Cloudflare. So it’s quite clear that you’re connecting through Cloudflare with Cloudflare’s certificate.

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