To address the issue of detecting the "www" subdomain and redirecting to the non-www version of your site, you can handle this at the Nginx configuration level. This approach is more efficient and reliable than trying to detect the subdomain within your Laravel application.
Here's how you can configure Nginx to redirect all "www" requests to the non-www version of your site:
-
Access your Nginx configuration file: This is typically located at
/etc/nginx/sites-available/your-siteor a similar path, depending on your server setup. -
Add a server block for the www subdomain: You need to create a server block that listens for requests to the "www" subdomain and redirects them to the non-www version.
Here's an example configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.mysite.com.au;
return 301 $scheme://mysite.com.au$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name mysite.com.au;
# Your existing configuration for the non-www version
root /path/to/your/application/public;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock; # Adjust PHP version as needed
}
# Other configurations...
}
- Reload Nginx: After making changes to the configuration file, reload Nginx to apply the changes:
sudo nginx -t # Test the configuration for syntax errors
sudo systemctl reload nginx # Reload Nginx
This configuration will ensure that any request to www.mysite.com.au is redirected to mysite.com.au, which should help resolve the CORS issues you're experiencing due to mixed content.
By handling the redirection at the Nginx level, you avoid the need to detect the subdomain within your Laravel application, simplifying your code and improving performance.