Mod rewrite - hiding php extensions

Hi there

I have a site with a load of php extensions that I would like to make .html.

I have looked for a solution online and found this :

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php $1.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1.php [L]

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However this results in a redirect loop.

Is there a simple way I can rewrite the .php to .html extensions and 301 the old to the new?

Thanks

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php$ http://www.domain.com/$1.html [R=301,L]

 

thanks for this.

I now get an error to say that the html file is not found.

 

Ah sorry, I misunderstood what you wanted to do last time.

I think this might do the trick.

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php$ /$1.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ /$1.php [L]

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You are a genius - this is perfect.

Can I ask what the ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS actually does so I can understand it?

 

The problem before was when you requested say test.html, Apache would process the .htaccess file and make a sub request for test.php. At this point .htaccess is processed again, and because test.php matches the rewrite rule, it's redirected to test.html, and the loop will start again!

REDIRECT_STATUS is a server variable. If a sub request is made, this is the HTTP response status code of the original request, otherwise it'll be empty. Therefore you can test against this to avoid a loop.

This condition is checking that REDIRECT_STATUS is empty:

RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$

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I hope this helps somewhat.

 

It helps a lot - thanks again for superb help

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