title: difference between RewriteRule ^(.*)$ & RewriteRule (.*)$
body: <p>When moving all pages from old domain to new domain, i noticed some people added a ^and other not in rewriterule</p>
  
  <p>What is the different between </p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mynewdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule (.*)$ http://mynewdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>thank you.</p>