Htaccess rewrite rule (very specific)

[Waismann]

Hello,

Awhile back my company changed from http: to https: sitewide (before i started working here). We use a very standard rewrite rule that looks like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://opiates.com/$1 [R,L]

However, with this rule in place, some http: urls are being redirected with a 302 status code. My question is, can I safely change the above code to look like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://opiates.com/$1 [R=301,L]

to ensure that every redirected is returned with a 301 status code. The only change is in the [R,L] section. Thanks to whomever can help with this. I'm pretty sure its safe but I dont want the site to go down, even for a second, so figured I would ask first.

[irvingw]

That's perfectly fine.

[WilliamKammer]

This should work out just fine. If you want to confirm that it is effective, you can backup the old htaccess, upload the new one, go to one of the previously 302'd pages and see if it 301s now. You can check this using the network tab in Chrome's developer tools.

[irvingw]

Just one more note:

You have a Double Redirect and you should write your Rewrite rules to avoid this double redirect as each redirect will cause some loss of page juice.

Checked link: http://www.opiates.com/

Type of redirect: 301 Moved Permanently

Redirected to: http://opiates.com/

2.

Checked link: http://opiates.com/

Type of redirect: 302 Found

Redirected to: https://opiates.com/