Mod Rewrite

Can someone help me with the correct content to put into a new .htaccess file to accomplish this:

1) Rewrite http://www.example.com/folder/index.php to http://www.example.com/folder/ (permanent)

2) Rewrite http://example.com/folder/ to http://www.example.com/folder/ (permanent)

Also, I need to put this .htaccess file in the "folder", correct? (rather than the http://www.example.com main directory).

 

Try this one in "folder"

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.example.com/folder/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{http_host} ^example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

Code (markup):

 

Thanks much for the reply and info. The http://www.example.com/folder/index.php to http://www.example.com/folder/ worked perfectly. However, the http://example.com/folder/ to http://www.example.com/folder/ did not seem to work...

 

Use the following for 2nd condition

RewriteCond %{http_host} !^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/folder/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

Code (markup):

 

Terrific. Thanks much.

 

You are welcome!