{"id":750,"date":"2020-06-04T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=750"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:47:30","slug":"how-to-force-opencart-to-work-with-https","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-force-opencart-to-work-with-https","title":{"rendered":"How to force Opencart to work with HTTPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to force Opencart to work with HTTPS?<\/h3>\n

This article will talk about running Opencart application with HTTPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this case we shall use sample domain : opencart.worldfortesting.com<\/p>\n

Webpage without HTTP :<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

After SSL installed. If you tried to access the webpage with HTTPS, you might see the application broken as below :<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

In order for the Opencart application to work well with HTTPS, some updates have to be done as below :<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Set your HTTPS URL in config.php Files<\/p>\n

Before you enable the SSL in your OpenCart<\/a> admin dashboard, you need to edit the two configuration files of your<\/p>\n

OpenCart<\/p>\n

2. Both files are called config.php and they are located under the root directory of your OpenCart application and under the admin folder.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

3. Choose the file and click\u00a0Code Editor\u00a0<\/strong>to edit the config.php file.<\/p>\n

You need to locate the following section in both of your files:<\/p>\n

\/\/ HTTPS
\ndefine(\u2018HTTPS_SERVER\u2019, \u2018http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/\u2019);<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Modify the line to include https instead of http<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\/\/ HTTPS
\ndefine(\u2018HTTPS_SERVER\u2019, \u2018https:\/\/yourdomain.com\/\u2019);<\/p>\n

Sample done as below :<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

4. Enable SSL via the OpenCart Admin<\/p>\n

Now you need to activate the SSL support via the admin dashboard.<\/p>\n

Firstly login to your\u00a0 admin dashboard<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

5. Check the settings part and click \u201cEdit\u201d to edit the store setting.<\/p>\n

Proceed to the Server settings tab. And you can see Use SSL option there. Click on the Yes radio button and save your settings.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

3. Force HTTPS only for your domain name<\/p>\n

a) Create a file name .htaccess in your domain folder, and put in below code (the domain for this case is opencart.worldfortesting.com) :<\/p>\n

===========<\/p>\n

RewriteEngine On
\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^opencart.worldfortesting\\.com [NC]
\nRewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
\nRewriteRule ^(.*)$\u00a0https:\/\/opencart.worldfortesting.com\/$1\u00a0[R,L]<\/p>\n

===========<\/p>\n

b) Open the .htaccess again<\/p>\n

Replace this link as below<\/p>\n

=========<\/p>\n

<FilesMatch \u201c(?i)((\\.tpl|\\.ini|\\.log|(?<!robots)\\.txt))\u201d><\/p>\n

=========<\/p>\n

to link as below<\/p>\n

=========<\/p>\n

<FilesMatch \u201c(?i)((\\.tpl|\\.ini|\\.log))\u201d><\/p>\n

=========<\/p>\n

With above, user accessing to http:\/\/opencart.worldfortesting.com (without HTTPS) shall be redirected to https:\/\/opencart.worldfortesting.com which is the page with SSL secured.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Please refer to the following article to know more.
\nKnowledge Base: How to configure Email Settings in OpenCart 1.5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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