How can I remove the .php extension from my PHP page?

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I'm trying to remove the extension from my PHP page.

For an example, www.mywebsite.com/verification.php

I want people be able to verify from www.mywebsite.com/verification.

My code:

<?php session_start(); ?>
!DOCTYPE html
html lang="en"
head>

meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"

http://www.generateit.net/mod-rewrite/index.php <- a tool that will make an htacess file for you — Robert Parham, Sep 08 '16 at 12:34
There's no indication on the question that the OP is using apache or has mod_rewrite enabled, therefore all comments and answers are basically jumping the gun a bit. So would the OP please enlighten us whether they use apache or something else? — apokryfos, Sep 08 '16 at 12:39
But it is not even valid HTML. E.g., both HTML tags `html` and `head` are incomplete. — Peter Mortensen, Nov 30 '19 at 22:17

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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According to this website:

Change your .htaccess file like this:

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

You can do something similar, with the .html extension, except you change the last line to:

RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]

If you don't have a .htaccess file, do what @Cagy79 said:

You could make a directory /verification/ and put your script in an index.php.

In this way a user can go to www.yoursite/verification/ without the need of adding the index.php part

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 08 '16 at 12:35

Arnav Borborah

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I don't have .htaccess file – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 12:38
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Answer is edited @LalitaTana – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 12:41
but i don't want to put it inside a directory. – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 12:43
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What can you do, we can't really help you if you just 'don't want' to do something. – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 12:45
I want it to be, http://mywebiste.com/verfiction it's not about i "don't want to do" – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 12:46
As I mentioned in the answer, the user would type in the same url, and it would go to the same place, since a directory would enable usage of `www.yoursite/verification/` – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 12:47
You are including MY answer as a quote in yours? That is hilarious! : – Cagy79 Sep 08 '16 at 12:47
Yes, because @LalitaTana is not willing to listen to either one of us ;P – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 12:48
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@LalitaTana we are not being 'jerks', and I apologize on the behalf of me and Cagy79, (mostly me) if that was implied, but you have to go with one of the solutions. If you don't tell us the setup of your project, then how can we help you? The two solutions me and Cagy79 showed you both worked, but you have to be willing to give some effort on your own part, because we _are not a code writing service_. – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 12:53
Thank you sir. I tried to implement both of your solutions, cagy79's solution is working, but is there any way i could create .htacess file manually? – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 13:00
@LalitaTana read [this](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-easily-create-and-edit-htaccess-file-for-your-site/) – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 13:01
thank you sir! both of you. – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 13:11
@LalitaTana You are welcome – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 13:14

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '16 at 12:40

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You could make a directory /verification/ and put your script in an index.php.

In this way a user can go to www.mywebsite.com/verification/ without the need of adding the index.php part.

(Also, this can be done when you can't edit .htaccess files or when not on Apache)

answered Sep 08 '16 at 12:40

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what are the reasons i don't have htaccess file? – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 12:43
You can create an .htaccess file in any directory on an Apache web server to configure specific settings for that directory. On some shared PHP internet providers you cannot access nor edit these files. With my solution you don't need .htaccess files at all. – Cagy79 Sep 08 '16 at 12:45
It's a private VPs, i tried to create .htaccess file, it's not doing anything. :( – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 12:51
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Are you using Windows to create the .htaccess file? because you can't on Windows. – Cagy79 Sep 08 '16 at 12:54
nano htaccess (LINUX CENTOS), inside my /var/www/html/ folder, I know that "."htacess the dot means only for hidden files, therefore i created htacess (but i tried them both anyways :P ) – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 13:12
double c in htaccess – Cagy79 Sep 08 '16 at 13:14
lol yeah. i mean, i spelled it right :) – Lalita Tana Sep 08 '16 at 13:19

Philipp Palmtag · Answer 3 · 2016-09-08T12:52:23.537

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Additionally you can use these two options mentioned in the PHP manual security section

You can set expose_php to off in your php.ini file. Then no information about running PHP on your server will be sent in the header.
You can use a .htaccess file option to obscure the filename. Available options that are mentioned are:

Make PHP code look like other code types

AddType application/x-httpd-php .asp .py .pl

Make PHP code look like unknown types

AddType application/x-httpd-php .bop .foo .133t

Make all PHP code look like HTML

AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html

The last method is not recommended, because all HTML files will run through the PHP interpreter, even if this is not necessary.

edited Sep 08 '16 at 12:52

answered Sep 08 '16 at 12:35

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Could you explain something from the link? Link only answers are not recommended, since links may break – Arnav Borborah Sep 08 '16 at 12:36
No need to downvote, I need some time to overhaul the answer... – Philipp Palmtag Sep 08 '16 at 12:51

How can I remove the .php extension from my PHP page?

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