.htaccess

URL rewriting and add www to .htaccess for hosting multiple domain or multi sites

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Adding the www to URL in .htaccess for hosting multiple domain or multisites and handle www issue for canonical URLs.
    ##Adding the www
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http://www.%1/$1" [L,R=301]

The other way around you can removing the www from URL.

Remove www and rewrite URL for multi-sites or subdomains in .htaccess

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If you are running a Multisites or Subdomains sites this .htaccess RewriteRule code might come in handy specially for purpose of SEO. You can clean up your URL from http://www.yourdomain.com to http://yourdomain.com and remove the “www” with 301 redirect to non-www.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [L,R=301]

If you want to add the www to URLs check this out.