How would I mod_rewrite my files so they do not show a .PHP extension in the url?

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ [^.]+\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.php [L]

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should be working. It does on my server for one thing. And it's probably what Kidatum used.

What else do you have on your .htaccess?

 

This is what I have on my .htaccess file in my main directory.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?foreverplaying.com$

RewriteRule ^(/)?$ /script/index.php



RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ [^.]+\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.php [L]

It's supposed to delete the .php extension without changing where the page is going to right? (going to the .php page)

 

exactly what it should be doing. Wasn't there a

Options +FollowSymlinks

before that

RewriteEngine On

?

It's usually not needed if it's enabled on server, but depends on configuration. Else I have no clue for now.

 

It does the same thing with or without the Options +FollowSymlinks

It goes to the page if it has .php in it, but if I don't have the .php it gives a 404 error. I'm using godaddy.com hosting if that matters.

 

If you're now getting 404, it must be the rewrite which cause problems.

If you access a .php file, does it redirect to the url without the .php extension?

Is there dots in your clean urls?
like
clean
example.com/title.1
and real url
example.com/title.1.php
?

Because both the redirect and rewrite ignores urls with dots in them, except for the dot in .php

 

No, there are not dots or questions marks in my urls. When I type in my url with the .php it does not change the url in the address bar to the one without the .php extension.

 

well that's strange. Maybe if I could play a bit with that file I could get something working with an alternative syntax.

 

Try copying the .htaccess file into your script folder, I'm guessing there's a path issue here somewhere.