Force SSL with .htaccess & mod_rewrite

If you are already using mod_rewrite and want to force all traffic to go through SSL you can add following rule into your htaccess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
 RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
 RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] 
 </IfModule>
 # Your own rewrite rules here
</IfModule>

By putting the rule in the <IfModule mod_ssl.c> tag I can disable mod_ssl on my local server and use http while forcing SSL on my live server which has a SSL certificate

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