I am trying to beautify my URLs and want to get rid of the .php file extension. I've found a couple of other questions here such as this one (Removing the PHP file type extension) But none of the suggestions work for me. They send me to my 404.php or do not change the URL at all.
I figure the entire RewriteEngine code in my htaccess as a whole is conflicting in itself.
Here's what I got so far,
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [R]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /404.php [R]
</IfModule>
I would like my domains to look like
https://www.example.com/about
Don't mix Redirect
, RedirectMatch
and RewriteRule
directives in same .htaccess as they come from different Apache modules and their load sequence is unpredictable.
Have it this way:
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,NE]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,NE]
# To externally redirect /dir/file.php to /dir/file
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,NE,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]
Make sure to clear your browser cache before testing this change.
Put in .htaccess
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
#1)externally redirect "/file.php" to "/file"
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]
#2)Internally map "/file" back to "/file.php"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]
ErrorDocument 404 ./404
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^404/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ./404 [L]
Redirect 301 /index /
remove .php from the link :
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]