RewriteCond not working on force https for HTTP_HOST

Question

I am trying to write a condition that will force https on the live host name(domain.com), but not if it's on our local testing host name (domain.local).

Here is what I have:

#force https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !domain\.local [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*?)$ https://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

This condition rewrites to https but also redirects domain.local to domain.com

I've also tried this condition in place of the middle condition which doesn't do anything on .local or .com:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com [NC]

Here is the complete contents of my htaccess file

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

#force ssl
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

#rewrite payments subdomain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^payments\.domain\.local$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://otherdomain.com/dmi_domain.htm [NC,R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^payments\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://otherdomain.com/loanadmin/dmi_domain.htm [NC,R=301,L]

#agents folder to subdomain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^agents\.domain\.local$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^agents/(.*)$ /agents/$1 [L,P]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^agents\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^agents/(.*)$ /agents/$1 [L,P]

#force www for .com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^payments\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^agents\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain\.local
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/questions/
RewriteRule ^(.*?)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]

#force www for .local
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^payments\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^agents\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain\.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/questions/
RewriteRule ^(.*?)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]

#force trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/rate-panel/xml/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/questions/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [L,R=301]

#get rid of index.php in url
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/questions/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

thanks

Answer 1

You need to move your bottom http->https rule to the top of your .htaccess just below RewriteBase / line. Also use this slightly modified rule:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !local [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

Answer 2

You may use RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} off

some time https flag not working . Don't know why. But I have found a solution to use ENV:HTTPS . This stop redirect loop for me.

Answer 3

As many state, sometimes only RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !=on works