.htaccess redirect FROM subfolder to domain name
.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 3 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.p...