Exclude folder in htaccess from www redirect

Question

I have a www redirect in my .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} example\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example/ [R=permanent]

Now I would like to exclude one folder to use the above redirect. I would like to access a folder without being redirected to the domain with www. For example: What I want: example.com/test What happens: www.example.com/test

Can I exclude only the folder test?

Answer 1

You can use:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule !^test/ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NC,NE,R=302]

Make sure this rule is first rule just below RewriteEngine On line your root .htaccess (one directory level above /test/ ).