Removing URL .php extension gives 404 error

Question

I am rewriting my url to get rid of the .php extension (and hopefully the get variables too as all the help I have gotten is great, but still wont work.

Here is my code:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

## hide .php extension
# To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]

# To internally forward /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+?)/?$ $1.php [NC,L]

Now when I use this code, it takes the .php out, but then the error says:

Not Found

The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server.

Meanwhile, if I take that code out, it works fine, but has the .php extension

Well you hide the .php and you request it after. it won't find it without the extension. I'd suggest hiding the extension after. — Moonhead, Feb 23 '14 at 06:24
@KRUKUSA if I do that, then it redirects me to my localhost core files (the MAMP localhost screen) — user3241507, Feb 23 '14 at 06:27
Im not great with this but what if you threw a statement in there like if / contains .php replace with ..... — user3223048, Feb 23 '14 at 06:32
only you want to hide the extension ? OR you want to something more ? — CS GO, Feb 23 '14 at 06:34

Subin · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-23T06:45:17.467

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I use this code in .htaccess to remove .php extension and redirect .php extension pages to non .php extension pages :

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^(wp-admin)($|/) - [L] # You don't want to mess with WordPress 
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
 RewriteRule .* $0.php

 # browser requests PHP
 RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^\ ]+)\.php
 RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ /$1 [L,R=301]

 # check to see if the request is for a PHP file:
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
 RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ /$1.php [L]
</IfModule>

When the above code is used in .htaccess, you can access PHP pages without the extension and when a user visits a page with .php extension, he/she will be redirected to the page without the extension.

Example :

http://example.com/page.php is redirected to http://example.com/page

http://example.com/page will be the same as http://example.com/page.php

There wouldn't be any problem when you access PHP files with extension internally :

<?
include("page.php");
?>

will work without any problem.

edited Feb 23 '14 at 06:45

answered Feb 23 '14 at 06:31

Subin

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This works ! but I am having an issue, it is redirecting me to `localhost/mypage` where it needs to be `localhost/myproject/mypage` – user3241507 Feb 23 '14 at 06:34
And how can I take the GET variables out? – user3241507 Feb 23 '14 at 06:37
@user3241507 hmmm.. It's working well for me. Maybe there's another code in **.htaccess** that's conflicting with my code. I don't know any way to pass **GET** parameters with the redirect. You should change the .php URL's with `GET` parameters to non .php URLs with GET parameters – Subin Feb 23 '14 at 06:40
But how do I get it to access the subfolder and not the main site? – user3241507 Feb 23 '14 at 06:43
@user3241507 I updated the code on answer. Try it now. It may work – Subin Feb 23 '14 at 06:46
I am not using wordpress, this is a hand coded site. Not to sure how to change that to redirect to the `mysite` sub folder – user3241507 Feb 23 '14 at 06:48
@user3241507 Is there any other **.htaccess** files in your root directory or any other folders ? It may conflict with my .htaccess code – Subin Feb 23 '14 at 06:53
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/48185/discussion-between-subin-and-user3241507) – Subin Feb 23 '14 at 06:57
put this before wordpress RewriteRule for index.php, and it works – Anthony Kal Aug 10 '18 at 02:19
As i go with this solution, there something wrong with $_post parameter, all data gone redirected if i post request using /sample-thanks-page.php . `RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ /$1 [L,R=301]` , but when i remove it and request it like this : /sample-thanks-page ,the $_post data is appear. (i need to remove the redirection there, as i need to still accept those /*.php POST request ? ) – Anthony Kal Aug 10 '18 at 03:53

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '14 at 09:27

Place this code in /myproject/.htaccess (not in root):

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /myproject/

## hide .php extension
# To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]

# To internally forward /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/myproject/$1.php -f [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

And then test it from a new browser.

Removing URL .php extension gives 404 error

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