Make filename including extension not show in the URL?

Question

I would like to have the filename including the extension not show in the URL when requesting it. And I am wondering is this possible with a PHP & Apache combination - and how can this be achieved?

For example, this:

www.domain.com/folder/filename.php

Should become, this:

www.domain.com/folder/

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The following rule in an .htaccess file will work:

RewriteRule ^folder/$ folder/filename.php [L]

A more dynamic rule that will rewrite folder/<filename> to folder/filename.php would be:

RewriteRule ^folder/(.*[^\.php])$ folder/$1\.php [L]

Reference

mod_rewrite

An In Depth Guide to mod_rewrite for Apache