Apache mod_rewrite weird behavior in Internet Explorer
- by morrty
I'm attempting to setup redirection for a couple of root domains.
Firstly, here is the code in my httpd-vhosts.conf file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin ****@example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias example2.com
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^192\.168\.0\.1$ # This is our WAN IP
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R,NE]
</VirtualHost>
What this does is redirect the root domain of example.com or example2.com or any host other than www to www.example(2).com
The part I'm having a problem with is the RewriteRule itself. the $1 is supposed to match the pattern of the RewriteRule and add it in the substitution. For example: "http://example.com/test.html" should rewrite to "http://www.example.com/test.html"
It works in all modern browsers like it's supposed to except for IE8 or IE9 (I didn't test other IE versions).
In IE, this works:
"http://example.com" to "http://www.example.com"
In IE, this does not work:
"http://example.com/test.html" to "http://www.example.com/test.html"
Does anyone have an explanation for this behavior?
I hope I've explained it well enough.
Thank you.
