Is there a way to hide the .php file extension with .htaccess?

Question

I was wondering if there was a way to hide the .php file extension with .htaccess.

I've seen quite a few websites do this, for example facebook on most of its pages does not show the .php file extension.

For example I want all my url's to be:

https://mywebsite.com/about

instead of

https://mywebsite.com/about.php

EDIT

Inside my .htaccess file I have the following code already:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Do I just append

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

at the end of the file? Or how does it work?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 31 '13 at 10:57

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Try this:

This code is currently working in my pc.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

It will remove extension .php from URL and set remaining URL as it is.

Thanks

edited Dec 31 '13 at 10:57

Chandresh M

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answered Dec 31 '13 at 06:15

Anand Solanki

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:23

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your have to active the rewrite_mod

and in your .htaccess

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

answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:23

CodeIsLife

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:20

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While this has been answered a few times already, a quick search will show you results like this that should work:

RewriteEngine  on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:20

duellsy

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I edited my post, perhaps you could indicate how can I do it? Since I'm getting an internal error code 500. – CodeTrooper Dec 31 '13 at 02:39
you should only need to enable RewriteEngine once, not sure that should cause a 500 error though – duellsy Dec 31 '13 at 03:48

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:21

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add the following to the .htaccess file (make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled)

    RewriteEngine  on
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:21

josephtikva1

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:25

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Add:

Options Multiviews

and let mod_negotiation take care of this for you.

answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:25

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:28

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

Second line explanation:

^ Start of line
(  Capture everything enclosed (start)
. Any single character
* Zero or more of any character
) Capture everything enclosed (end)
$ End of line
$1.php Get the captured match and append .php, there's the rewrite!

Voila!

hello => hello.php
home => home.php

answered Dec 31 '13 at 02:28

user3121056

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I already have `RewriteEngine on` `RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off` `RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]` Do I just append that code at the end of the line? – CodeTrooper Dec 31 '13 at 02:33

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 11:25

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by the way ,if you are not familiar with .htaccess syntax,

you can try this htaccess rule generator for generate rules

answered Dec 31 '13 at 11:25

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Is there a way to hide the .php file extension with .htaccess?

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