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Latest post by TheStingPilot on Monday, 30 May 2022 08:42 CDT
Hello,
I just installed Admin Tools and had AdminTools to regenerate the .htaccess file. After that, the frontend gave me the error too many redirects on different browsers. After deleting the .htaccess file and putting back the original one, the error was gone.
With kind regards,
TheStingPilot
In 99.9% of these cases you have the following problem:
You have set up a $live_site in configuration.php with a URL like https://www.example.com but also set up a redirection in .htaccess maker from www to non-www (or vice versa). This creates a redirection loop because the .htaccess will redirect www.example.com to example.com and Joomla's $live_site will redirect example.com back to www.example.com. You are warned about this in the .htaccess Maker.
Another issue might be that $live_site is set to use http:// but you have enabled HSTS in the .htaccess Maker. Again, the .htaccess will redirect http:// to https:// and Joomla will redirect https:// to http:// because of the $live_site.
In all cases the correct solution is to edit configuration.php and set
$live_site = '';
You DO NOT need a non-empty $live_site. This is a remnant for some very old, very weirdly configured hosts which would not set the HOST environment variable. These were rare 17 years ago, you'd be hard pressed to find any of them still around in 2022. Therefore you do not need the $live_site.
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Hello,
$live_site = '';
That has already been set.
If you skip the 'Regenerate' step and make the .htaccess file with the htaccess maker then there is no issue at all.
With kind regards,
TheStingPilot
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