Use htaccess to redirect subdomain to a directory

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I had a subdomain setup with an A record, this subdomain is now no longer active, and is pointing to the root of the hosting account.

How can I create a htaccess redirect to direct the subdomain, shop.domain.com to domain.com/shop

As the subdomain now points to domain.com, if I use the following redirect it obviously doesn't work:

Redirect 301 "/"  http://www.domain.com/shop/

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-23 17:32:53Z

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You can use mod_rewrite for this:

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

The RewriteCond checks to make sure that the hostname of the request begins with the string "shop." and if so, the subsequent RewriteRule is evaluated.

The ^ before shop ensures that it only matches the string "shop" if it is at the beginning of the hostname.

edited Jun 23, 2013 at 17:32

answered Jun 19, 2013 at 12:03

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addedlovely Over a year ago

Thanks Sean, that does the trick. Do you mind explaining the RewriteCond line, is that a wildcard search for the term 'shop' in the URL, or is it specific to the fact 'shop' is a subdomain?

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