This package only does one thing: Force a connection through https! If a user visit the site with an unsecure "http"-Request (example: https://example.com) he will be automatically redirected to a secure route (example: https:https://example.com)

1. In order to install the package, just run the following command in the root directory of your laravel installation:

composer require jkniest/force-https

2. If you are using Laravel 5.4 oder below, open the config/app.php file and add the following code to the providers array:

jkniest\ForceHttps\ForceHttpsServiceProvider::class,

3. Run the command below to copy the configuration files to your config folder

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="force-https"

4. Add the following line to the .env file

FORCE_HTTPS=true

5. Open the app/Http/Kernel.php file and add the following code to the middleware array:

\jkniest\ForceHttps\ForceHttps::class,

To disable the https-redirection (for example on staging servers) just change the FORCE_HTTPS=true in your .env file to FORCE_HTTPS=false

The ForceHttps package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.