rewrite rule to convert .htm to .html

I currently use the following rule to rewrite .php to .htm

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php

I now want to change this so that it rewrites .php to .html but also redirects any existing .htm urls to .html (search engine friendly redirect).

 

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If i am not wrong you just need to add 'l' to your script like the following

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php

i hope this will rename it to .html

do let me know it is works....

 

Yeah that will change it .html, but how can I also ensure existing .htm links that have been indexed by Google are redirected to .html in the proper way?

 

I am surely google will automatically pick this up... in some time or you can submit a XML sitemap to google for instant change notification