php url without extension

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My subject is different from the deprecated one, all I need is to get a string as URL without showing the PHP filename. I have items to click and to go to edit.php page I am trying to get a clicked string as URL.

e.g. if I click 'abc' , I want to go to the page edit.php and the browser displays :

http://localhost/abc

not to

http://localhost/edit.php?item=abc

It's something like the routing in Symfony.

You may also need to include some kind of action in the url as well for example /edit/abc would take you to edit.php?item=abc while /abc might tack you to show.php?item=abc. In any event if you have more than a couple types of actions you are probably going to want to use a router on the PHP side instead of jsut htaccess only. Depending on how far along on your poject you are you might jsut want to use a micro framework like Silex or Slim. It will most likely save you time and headache. — prodigitalson
– prodigitalson, Commented Oct 29, 2014 at 18:02

rjdown · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-29 18:11:35Z

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Here is an example .htaccess file for your VERY SPECIFIC example above:

# turn on rewriting
RewriteEngine on

# check that the request isn't actually a real file (e.g. an image)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# redirect requests for BLAH to /edit.php?item=BLAH
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /edit.php?item=$1 [NC,L]

Here are the docs you need for anything else http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

answered Oct 29, 2014 at 18:11

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