Redirect from https:// to https://www using .htaccess

Question

I am trying to get my site to redirect all traffic to https://www.mylittleblackebook.com no matter how the URL is typed into the browser. There are six ways someone can type the URL into a browser. They are:

1. https://www.mylittleblackebook.com
2. https://mylittleblackebook.com
3. http://www.mylittleblackebook.com
4. http://mylittleblackebook.com
5. www.mylittleblackebook.com
6. mylittleblackebook.com

All of these URL's will work EXCEPT FOR the second one. I cannot get the .htaccess file to redirect https:/mylittleblackebook.com to https://www.mylittleblackebook.com . Here is the code in my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on

# require SSL without mod_ssl
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

This code works for 5 out of the 6 ways. Can anyone tell me how to get it to work for all of them?

Thank you for taking the time to look this over.

Answer 1

Your code looks correct, not sure why it doesn't work. I would try this instead, it's in the opposite order and a bit different:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R,NE]