remove .php permanently from url

Question

I want to remove .php extension from my url, so I edited .htaccess to add this code

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

And the code works fine but only when I intentionally remove .php from the URL and I want it to be an automatic process so is it possible?

What do you want to happen exactly if user heads to `http://example.com/foo.php`? An external redirection? A 404 status code? — Álvaro González, Jul 03 '18 at 09:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '18 at 09:48

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It worked for me:

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

answered Jul 03 '18 at 09:48

Rana Ghosh

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'forward /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php' that's not what he asked. – Jitrenka Jul 03 '18 at 09:51
@Jitrenka it will forward the request internaly. – Rana Ghosh Jul 03 '18 at 09:52
Worked for me too, thank you! – Nuha Jul 03 '18 at 10:01
@Nuha If it helped you. Please upvote & accept the answer for others. – Rana Ghosh Jul 03 '18 at 10:04

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 09:47

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Are you redirecting to '*.php' in your code? It will of course, append the .php. Remove it and it won't add the extension.

answered Jul 03 '18 at 09:47

Jitrenka

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Thank you! it worked when I did this and added the code from Rana Ghosh – Nuha Jul 03 '18 at 10:01

remove .php permanently from url

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