Removing .php extension from URLs using .htaccess?

Question

Is it possible to remove the .php part from all of my URLs using a .htaccess file?

Two examples:

http://url.com/home.php
http://url.com/shops.php

Become:

http://url.com/home/
http://url.com/shops/

All the help would be massively appreciated.

@Servant im wanting to merge 2 links together, im going to be having about 10 shops and it would look better if each shop was in a category and so I don't mind making a new directory with the shop names inside. Example: shops.php Shops-Folder>shopName1,shopName2 url.com/shops/shopname1/ url.com/shops/shopname2/ — Rahul Khosla, Apr 14 '13 at 19:45
What? Do you want to rewrite */$var1/$var2.php* into */$var1/$var2/* ? — 5ervant - techintel.github.io, Apr 14 '13 at 19:48
@Servant I think its just to hard to explain and probs impossible. Thanks for your time but i'l edit the extra out. — Rahul Khosla, Apr 14 '13 at 19:51
@Servant This would be a lot easier to explain in chat, come into PHP please. — Rahul Khosla, Apr 14 '13 at 19:59
Check this [answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15996464/how-to-remove-webpage-extension-from-url/15996788#15996788). I think it does exactly what you need.. — Felipe Alameda A, Apr 14 '13 at 20:01
@faa WOW Thanks worked! but I would like url.com/home/ with the extra slash on the end, could you help me with that please? Thanks again! — Rahul Khosla, Apr 14 '13 at 20:05
It's my answer, so just replace this `RewriteRule .* /%2 [R=301,L,NC]` with this `RewriteRule .* /%2/ [R=301,L,NC]` — Felipe Alameda A, Apr 14 '13 at 20:07
@faa and when I keep old changes I still get the double //'s on /home so /home becomes url.com// — Rahul Khosla, Apr 14 '13 at 20:15
But the trailing slash is being added as expected? Remove the leading slash, like this `%2/`and see what happens. — Felipe Alameda A, Apr 14 '13 at 20:17
@faa try this: http://rahulkhosla.co.uk im using `RewriteRule .* /%2 [R=301,L,NC]` then try http://rahulkhosla.co.uk/home — Rahul Khosla, Apr 14 '13 at 20:21
I get `http://rahulkhosla.co.uk/home` and `http://rahulkhosla.co.uk/shops`. No problem. I am using Firefox 20.0.1 Make sure the browser's cache is cleared. — Felipe Alameda A, Apr 14 '13 at 20:24

Rick Kuipers · Answer 1 · 2013-04-14T19:30:43.497

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This should work:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule \/([^\/]+)\/$ $1.php

It will serve you the file named after the last segment of the url:

http://example.com/shops/shopname1/ -> shopname1.php

http://example.com/shops/ -> shops.php

edited Apr 14 '13 at 19:30

answered Apr 14 '13 at 19:25

Rick Kuipers

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5ervant - techintel.github.io · Answer 2 · 2013-04-15T04:52:51.467

To rewrite /$var/ into /$var.php and then redirect /$var.php into /$var/ just use these directives in your .htaccess file:

# once per htaccess file
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9-_]+)/? /$1.php
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9-_]+).php$ /$1/ [R]

And if you also want to rewrite the specific URL /shops/shopName1/ into the specific URL /shopName1.php and then redirect /shopName1.php into /shops/shopName1/ then you should use this code below instead the code above:

# once per htaccess file
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9-_]+)/?$ /$1.php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shopName1.php$
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9-_]+).php$ /$1/ [R]

RewriteRule ^shops/shopName1/?$ /shopName1.php
RewriteRule ^shopName1.php$ /shops/shopName1/ [R]

But remember there's no variable on /shops/shopName1/, give it a try, if you want..

It seems there's a problem about redirection with DirectoryIndex home.php. But I think, this is the code that you want, but in this time, we excluded any redirection:

DirectoryIndex /home.php
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shopName1/?$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shopName2/?$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shopName3/?$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shopName4/?$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shopName5/?$
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/?$ /$1.php

RewriteRule ^shops/shopName1/?$ /shopName1.php
RewriteRule ^shops/shopName2/?$ /shopName2.php
RewriteRule ^shops/shopName3/?$ /shopName3.php
RewriteRule ^shops/shopName4/?$ /shopName4.php
RewriteRule ^shops/shopName5/?$ /shopName5.php

Just use your logic to add more conditions and rules..

Asko Foe · Answer 3 · 2013-04-14T19:45:36.313

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I would suggest to simply stop using regular .php files for pages and instead of a framework or a request router, however if you really do want to do this, then in order to get shops.php to shops you need to create a .htaccess file and add the following to it:

RewriteRule (.*) $1.php [L]

This will rename all of the something.php to something on the URL bar.

An example of a complete .htaccess file would be:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (.*) $1.php [L]

edited Apr 14 '13 at 19:45

answered Apr 14 '13 at 19:24

Asko Foe

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Do I also write `RewriteEngine on` before those lines? – Rahul Khosla Apr 14 '13 at 19:27
Yes `RewriteEngine On` before the two lines. – Asko Foe Apr 14 '13 at 19:29
I added an example of a complete .htaccess file. – Asko Foe Apr 14 '13 at 19:31
@Askp Foe Ok this is my complete .htaccess file: ` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.php$ [NC] RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ $1.php [L,R=301] DirectoryIndex home.php` I keep getting this: `http://rahulkhosla.co.uk/home/.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php.php` – Rahul Khosla Apr 14 '13 at 19:36
I just edited that 10 times, yet cant find out how
's work sorry for the inconvenience.. – Rahul Khosla Apr 14 '13 at 19:39
Instead of `RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ $1.php [L,R=301]` try Rick's `RewriteRule \/([^\/]+)\/$ $1.php` – Asko Foe Apr 14 '13 at 19:39
Didn't work, still same problem. – Rahul Khosla Apr 14 '13 at 19:41
Try removing `RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.php$ [NC]` – Asko Foe Apr 14 '13 at 19:42
I just updated my original answer with better code, try the above again. – Asko Foe Apr 14 '13 at 19:45
Internal Server Error – Rahul Khosla Apr 14 '13 at 19:50

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 14 '13 at 19:22

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RewriteRule ^/(home|shops) /$1.php

second only manual

RewriteRule ^/shops/shopname1/ /whateveryouneed.php

answered Apr 14 '13 at 19:22

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Removing .php extension from URLs using .htaccess?

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