Remove .html from URL and rewrite requests to index.html

Question

I'm not very experienced with .htaccess related stuff, I was looking to get some help. Basically what I'm trying to do is this:

Any request that looks like this (example):

/foo.html

Would be rewrote to:

/foo

And any request that is a static file, I'd like it serve:

/index.html

Does that make sense? Any idea how to do this?

Example

Here's what I have so far, though it's not correct as far as I know:

RewriteRule %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond ^(.*)$ $1.html [NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*) /index.html [NC,L]

I didn't get your 2nd requirement. What do you mean by any request that it's a static file — anubhava
– anubhava, Commented May 15, 2015 at 12:46
Your comment got truncated. Better you edit question to clarify with examples. — anubhava
– anubhava, Commented May 15, 2015 at 12:54

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-15 13:19:25Z

1

Check for existence of .html file before adding it to URIs:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L]

RewriteRule . /index.html [L]

edited May 15, 2015 at 13:19

answered May 15, 2015 at 13:01

anubhava

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daryl Over a year ago

Hmm, I got a 500 Internal Server Error using this.

daryl Over a year ago

It happens with any URL I try.

anubhava Over a year ago

I found a typo mistake in my code. Fixed it now, retry now.

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