.htaccess remove trailing slash after file extension

Question

I have some external links to my site that referrer to pages with a file extension and a trailing slash after that e.g.

I can not change these links, but I would like to 301 redirect those links to this format instead:

I've tried this, but it doesn't work:

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php\/$ /$1/ [R=301,L]

Any help is appreciated.

Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-16 17:27:02Z

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Try this in your /.htaccess file

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.php/? [NC] 
RewriteRule ^ /%1/ [NC,R,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ /$1.php [L,NC]

answered Jul 16, 2015 at 17:27

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Keat Over a year ago

Its works! Thanks alot for your help. Care to explain why i works? Are there two separate rewrites in this solution, and is this a 301 redirect?

Amit Verma Over a year ago

Keat, rule in your question doesn't work because ,it redirects "foo.php" to /foo, "/foo" doesn't exist on the server, so it returns a 404 error. My rules redirect "/foo.php" to "/foo" and then it mapps "/foo" back to "/foo.php".

Amit Verma Over a year ago

Keat, it's 302 Temp redirect, To make it permanent ,change R to R=301 ,eg : [NC,R=301,L]

Keat Over a year ago

Perfect, works lika a charm. And thanks for the explanation. Do i need to change the last line to a R=301 as well?

Amit Verma Over a year ago

No, don't change the last line. its not for external redirection. it's for mapping "file" to "file.php" , (internal Redirect)

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