Prevent redirect of "path" to "path/" in apache server

Question

I'm using XAMPP to create a local server and noticed that when I visit something like localhost/path I get redirected (301) to localhost/path/

The problem is that I'm trying to send a POST request to localhost/path and after being redirected it turns into a GET request.

Is there a way to prevent such redirect from happening?

It may be worth mentioning that I'm using mod_rewrite in a .htaccess file, but even with all the rules disabled the behaviour remains the same.

Edit

I realized that I had a folder called path and renaming it prevented localhost/path from redirecting.

Still, is there a way to avoid such behivour (not getting a 301 to localhost/path/) when the folder exists with the same name?

Does this answer your question? [remove trailing slash from URL in htaccess](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28916464/remove-trailing-slash-from-url-in-htaccess) — Petr Hejda, Mar 29 '21 at 19:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '21 at 20:38

You can use a combination of DirectorySlash directive and a regular regex that removes the trailing slashes:

RewriteEngine On

DirectorySlash Off
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/$ /$1 [R=302,NE,L]

Example: Assumig that path is an existing folder and foo doesn't exist:

/path/ => /path
/path/foo/ => /path/foo
/foo/ => /foo
/path stays the same
/path/foo stays the same
/foo stays the same

Prevent redirect of "path" to "path/" in apache server

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