.htaccess redirect FROM subfolder to domain name

I had website content in a subfolder (http://mydomain.com/subfolder/index.php), now I copied everything over to the root folder (http://mydomain.com/index.php).

I would like to redirect all the visitors that have bookmarked the old page to the new content (at least to the new index.php) using .htaccess.

Is this correct:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /subfolder/^(.*)$ http://mydomain.com [R=301,L]


?

And where would I place the .htaccess file, in the subfolder or the root folder?

3 Answers
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Placing the following .htaccess in / (where your index.php is located) should do the trick:

.htaccess

/

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^subfolder/(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]


Or you could place the following .htaccess in /subfolder:

.htaccess

/subfolder

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]


Note that the () around .* and the $1 redirects /subfolder/someFile.php to /someFile.php. If you skip it, everything in /subfolder redirects to /.

()

.*

$1

/subfolder/someFile.php

/someFile.php

/subfolder

/

Try:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^subfolder/index.php$ /index.php[NC,L,R]


Thanks to @mariusnn in the comments, I was able to solve this issue.

❌ Not Working: .htaccess redirect FROM subfolder to domain name

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^subfolder/(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]


✅ Working: .htaccess redirect entire subdomain "/subdomain/" and files "/subdomain/file_01.php" within are redirected to domain name "example.com"

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^subfolder/.*$ / [R=301,L]


*Note that the () around .* and the $1 redirects /subfolder/someFile.php to /someFile.php. If you skip it, everything in /subfolder redirects to /.

()

.*

$1

/subfolder/someFile.php

/someFile.php

/subfolder

/

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