How to hide php extension in url?

Question

I am trying to remove php extension from url, But its not working for me. I am using Windows 7, with apache2.2.17 and php5.3. Now I have configured it as

in .htaccess file

OPTIONS -Indexes
IndexIgnore *

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule (.*) $1\.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]

in httpd.conf enabled mod_rewrite as

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

and

<Directory "D:/Apache/htdocs">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

in php.ini

expose_php = On

After making these configuration still i am not able to remove php extension from url in my windows machine but same thing is working in ubuntu server.

Is there anything I am missing here?

Michal Hodur · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-13 10:52:37Z

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This might answer your question:

RewriteRule ^/([^-]*)$ /$1.php

It works for root catalog.

RewriteRule ^catalog/([^-]*)$ catalog/$1.php

Or you can write automatic script:

RewriteRule ^/([^-])/([^-])$ /$1/$2.php

But this is for "httpd.conf" file.

Where: ([^-]*) means variable; $1, $2 means converted to variable i.e.

www.verity.com/foo/bar => verity.com/foo/bar.php

answered Jun 13, 2012 at 10:52

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Sumant Over a year ago

its working fine on ubuntu server, but not on my windows machine, Is there some configuration difference?

Michal Hodur Over a year ago

That was set up ON Windows Machine. I am using currently Windows Server 2008, with Apache 2.2.22 no-ssl **. Please wait, till I check config. **EDIT: Only httpd.conf file was modified. Nothing else. I will check other possibilities. Probably Apache is too old.

Sumoanand · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-23 22:24:59Z

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Use this instead:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(([A-Za-z0-9\-]+/)*[A-Za-z0-9\-]+)?$ $1.php

By doing this, you will be able to call example.com/abc.php as example.com/abc

answered Jan 23, 2015 at 22:24

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