Here am going to explain you how force a website redirect from http to https using htaccess files, we all know htaccess is the configuration files normally using in Apache web server to specify redirect rules.we can write our own URL redirect rules and based on we can change the entire website url structure.
Most common use of URL redirects for SEO purpose and better page readability/simplicity, we have lots of rule for redirecting here am going to explain you reule to redirect from http to https using htaccess files
See below force a website redirect from http to https using htaccess
This is full .htaccess to files redirect from http to https
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?tutorialshore\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.tutorialshore.com/$1 [R,L]
Step 1
First you have to activate RewriteEngine
RewriteEngine On
Step 2
Check if the browser is requesting by http
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?tutorialshore\.com
Step 3
if the browser is requesting by http then force to redirect to https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.tutorialshore.com/$1 [R,L]
Or we can use below code
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
