htaccess adding file extension or bypassing

Question

I've used htaccess to remove extensions or redirect, such as;

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

I was wondering if anyone has used to it in this way:

If file extension can't be found, check for html or php file under the same name re-direct to file exith extension.

I can only find examples for redirection, file-extension removal and adding trailing slashes to the file, not to do something like my example, any ideas?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-20 15:58:03Z

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Try this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

# see if .php file can be found with same name
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ /$1.php [L]

# now see if .html file can be found with same name
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ /$1.html [L]

answered Dec 20, 2013 at 15:58

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Switchfire Over a year ago

That's perfect @anubhava thanks for the help again, you always seem to help me when its a rewrite or htaccess problem!

Switchfire Over a year ago

I've tried adding code to then remove the displaying extentions but it hasn't worked, how would you suggest I do it?

Switchfire Over a year ago

I actually wanted it to do the above but then remove the extention.

anubhava Over a year ago

Just to clarify. Let's say you have 2 files in DocumentRoot. 1. contact.php and 2. foo.html then above rules will allow you to have links like 'domain.com/contact` and 'domain.com/foo`

Switchfire Over a year ago

Ok with that code in place, and with those files contact.php, trying to access /contact does nto work and throws up my custom 404 page.

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