http to https double redirection found

Question

I am trying to redirect http to https with three options

• http:// to https://
• http://www to https://
• https://www to https://

However, the second option is showing double redirect from http://www > https://www > https://

Following is the code I have in .htaccess. Is it fine to have a double redirect?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
   RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

SInce you have 2 redirection rules. A redirection may happen twice as:

1. Using first rule http://www.example.com to https://www.example.com
2. Using second rule https://www.example.com to https://example.com

You can use this single rule to do both in a single 301 redirect:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L,NE]

Make sure you replace both of your rules with this one and use a new browser for testing to avoid old browser cache.