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I have a site that's running EE 3.3 and I'm trying to change it to include the SSL certificate that's just been installed on the server.

I normally can change the config or the URL settings to include the https and then update the .htaccess to force https on all the urls. However when I try this the site just gets caught in a loop.

I've tried removing everything out of the .htaccess and then trying but it then redirects back to the http.

I've also set up a plain html test page outside EE and I can access that if I go to it but if I then visit the website and then go back to the test page it redirects back to the homepage.

Going round in circles so would appreciate any help.

Thanks in advance.

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Did you check your config.php files fo any url config? Maybe there's something overwriting the url and path settings in the cp?!

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  • Thanks I’ve removed everything out of the config file and still loops
    – James Cottis
    Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 6:54
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To overcome this issue very first thing you need to do is to change URLs (with https) from Admin Panel (Settings >> URL and Path Settings). Make sure there should no hardcoded URL in config.php. Then you should add below code in your .htaccess file.

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
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  • Hi Thanks. I removed everything from the config file and added it in but I get the same error. ******** The page isn't redirecting properly An error occurred during a connection to xxx This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies. ******** Something is forcing it back to http so it then gets caught in a loop. Also have noticed that if I change the site url to https and then load the homepage it loads but no inner pages work. Also the css can't be found on the homepage and I'm using {site_url} for the link.
    – James Cottis
    Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 9:04
  • What did you write in config.php can you add in your questions?
    – Harsh Barach
    Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 12:49
  • Config did have the $config['site_url'] = but I removed this and set it to go through the settings page.
    – James Cottis
    Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 17:24

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