Simplest rules to Redirect using .htaccess

Simplest rules to Redirect using .htaccess

How to write rewrite rule (URL rewriting, mod_rewrite)
(1) Redirect site from http to https :
Add the below in .htaccess file in public_html
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
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(2) Redirecting a domain to another domain via .htaccess
Example :- redirect shaz.com to google.com
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^shaz\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.shaz\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ “http\:\/\/www\.google\.com\/” [R=301,L]
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(3) Redirect users to access the site with WWW
example :- redirect shaz.com to www.shaz.com
Add the below in .htaccess file
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^shaz\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.shaz.com/$1 [L,R=301]
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(4) Redirect page to another page within public_html
example :- to redirect home.html to index.php
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^home.html$ index.php
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example2 :- rewrite site shaz.com/kb/index.php to shaz.com/blog/index.html
go to kb directory and create a .htaccess file
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#cd public_html/kb
#touch .htaccess
#vi .htaccess
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index.php$ /blog/index.html
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