remove file extension htaccess not working

Question

the following code is not working to remove the file extension .php

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.php [L,QSA]

my url not changing from example/about.php to example.com/about

You sure you know how rewriting works? It does _not_ magically change the links inside a web page you send out. It processes _incoming_ requests. If you want to change the address in the browser, then you need the redirect flag `[R]` to make it send a second request. — arkascha, Mar 01 '14 at 11:00
im new to htaccess rewrite. could you tel me how to rewrite the url by removing the .php extension. — Mukilan R, Mar 01 '14 at 11:17

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '14 at 11:27

I have found the answer. Its working. the code is as follows to rewrite and redirect the url

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 [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]

## To internally redirect /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php [L]

It rewrites and redirects the URL. Thanks all for ur answers.

After looking into a lot of references, only this one helped! :) — Neo, Jun 21 '18 at 08:16

Koen · Answer 2 · 2014-03-01T11:12:06.590

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This RewriteRule should remove the .php extension from a request. Try placing it before your RewriteConds.

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

edited Mar 01 '14 at 11:12

answered Mar 01 '14 at 11:04

Koen

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after correction it says `The requested URL /example/var/chroot/home/content/71/10295671/html/example/about was not found on this server.` – Mukilan R Mar 01 '14 at 11:06
Could you try it with a leading slash? – Koen Mar 01 '14 at 11:13

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 01 '14 at 11:12

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try this

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

answered Mar 01 '14 at 11:12

RaGu

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the url is not changing in the address bar.@RaGu – Mukilan R Mar 01 '14 at 11:14

Boopathi Rajan · Answer 4 · 2014-03-01T11:13:13.640

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try this

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1\.php

or

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*[^/])/?$ $1.php [L]

edited Mar 01 '14 at 11:13

answered Mar 01 '14 at 11:00

Boopathi Rajan

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remove file extension htaccess not working

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