Strip off www from URLs with mod_rewrite

If you need to remove subdomains from the URL that users enter to visit your website, toss this into your VirtualHost directive:

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

Of course, you can tack on a subdomain too, if that's what you need:

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

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Printed from: http://rackerhacker.com/2007/01/15/strip-off-www-from-urls-with-mod_rewrite/ .
© Major Hayden 2010.

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