htaccess file still best way to redirect .htm to .php version of file?

Question

I am ready to launch a new version of an existing site which currently has all .htm files and the new files will be exactly the same name but with a .php extension - is updating the htaccess file with:

RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.htm$ $1.php

still the best way to redirect all of these files?

I have never done this through the htaccess file, I have read the change is immediate.

I found this answer on this site but it was from 2012 so I just want to be sure it is still the best solution.

possible duplicate of [Redirect \*.htm to \*.php](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4610973/redirect-htm-to-php) — JJJ, Jun 29 '15 at 12:30
Great, thank you! This may be obvious but I can then take down all of the .htm files right? — Jen, Jun 29 '15 at 12:30
Thank you Juhana, I did see that ... I just noticed the date and wanted to be sure that was still the best way :-) — Jen, Jun 29 '15 at 12:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 09 '15 at 10:51

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Adding RedirectMatch 301 ^(.+?)\.htm$ $1.php into your .htaccess file should be fine if you're running Apache.

However, if you're using nginx for example, you cannot use .htaccess files.

(If you're using nginx, try taking a a read here.)

answered Jul 09 '15 at 10:51

Daniel Dewhurst

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