To start accessing your administrator login page via HTTPS you should edit the code of two files in the administrator folder of your Joomla installation.
- Edit index.php file in the administrator folder of your Joomla installation.
In administrator/index.php, immediately after the line that says
define( '_VALID_MOS', 1);
Add the following:
//Redirect to https if accessed over http (except when running locally) if ($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] != "localhost")
{
$port = $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"];
$ssl_port = "443"; //Change 443 to whatever port you use for https (443 is the default and will work in most cases)
if ($port != $ssl_port)
{
$host = $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"];
$uri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
header("Location: https://$host$uri");
}
}
- Edit also index2.php file in the administrator folder of your Joomla installation.
In administrator/index2.php, immediately after the line that says
require_once( '../configuration.php' );
add the same code as above:
//Redirect to https if accessed over http (except when running locally) if ($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] != "localhost")
{
$port = $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"];
$ssl_port = "443"; //Change 443 to whatever port you use for https (443 is the default and will work in most cases)
if ($port != $ssl_port)
{
$host = $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"];
$uri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
header("Location: https://$host$uri");
}
}
If you are not a programmer and you have troubles modifying the code, ask your host for assistance. R3 provides the best Joomla hosting and and such requests are completed within minutes.
