htaccess remove .php extension, index.php AND add trailing slash

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This is for basic HTML/PHP pages, no query strings, etc.. I have searched high and low and find resources for removing the 'index.php' from the URI, or removing '.php' and other file extensions.. and even adding a trailing slash. But, everytime I try to use them all, or use examples that I have found, I get a 500 server error.

I may pass a query string on one page, but really I just want to remove 'index.php' from the index page and have all sub pages without the file extension. So, something like this:

domain.com/index.php to domain.com/ domain.com/page1.php to domain.com/page1/ domain.com/page2.php to domain.com/page2/ domain.com/page3.php to domain.com/page3/

All the examples I can find are focused on CMSs, etc.. with query strings, etc.. nothing just focusing on the base URI, which I think might be what was causing the errors i was getting.

Any help is appreciated !! Thanks

TheDeadMedic · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-11 17:02:38Z

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I got this from a rather helpful chap on a forum once - never fully understood it, and there is one caveat; it implies no trailing slash unless the request is a directory.

However, I thought it was worth posting - a guru out there may easily spot the fix!?

# remove .php; use THE_REQUEST to prevent infinite loops
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ (.*)\.php\ HTTP
RewriteRule (.*)\.php$ $1 [R=301]

# remove index
RewriteRule (.*)index$ $1 [R=301]

# remove slash if not directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /$
RewriteRule (.*)/ $1 [R=301]

# add .php to access file, but don't redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule (.*) $1\.php [L]

answered Jun 11, 2010 at 17:02

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revive Over a year ago

Thank you! I'll give this a go and see what we can figure out.. any gurus care to add to/adjust this to include a trailing slash to all requests??

arxpoetica Over a year ago

FINALLY, an answer that works. I searched high and low. One note, I had to add "RewriteBase /" to the beginning because my files are nested in other folders that go below the domain, and it was routing them to lower levels, which showed up in the URL. = no good.

PrismaPixel Studios Over a year ago

I too have been searching high and low for an answer to this and this is it. Thank you!

Wolph · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-11 16:56:19Z

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You can try this in your htaccess file:

Options +MultiViews

But it depends on wheter it is enabled by your webserver. Also, do note that htaccess files are specific to Apache webservers, so it won't work if you're using something else.

answered Jun 11, 2010 at 16:56

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Marco Demaio Over a year ago

Do you still know somebody who is not using Apache? :)

Wolph Over a year ago

@Marco Demaio: actually... I mostly use Nginx these days. Apache has some advantages but usually you don't need all those features.

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