replacing .php ext with .html through .htaccess

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Greetings!

I'm trying to replace .php extensions with .html

So far I got:

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1.php

... it works nicely when url like /site/page.html is entered (and page.html does not physically exist but page.php does).

However what I'd like to have is when /site/page.php is entered the viewer sees only /site/page.html in the browser location.

Is that doable or do I have to set up explicit redirects for each page? :-(

Thanks in advance.

ps: dev environment I'm using is XAMPP on os x if it makes any difference

If you are going that far why even have an extension at all? just have /site/page reference the .php page. It looks cleaner. — RDL
– RDL, Commented Dec 28, 2010 at 19:45
You can check out this tutorial on how to replace .php with .html using htaccess helponnet.com/2021/04/27/… — Amit Verma
– Amit Verma, Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 13:30

score 21 · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-28 20:37:39Z

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

edit after pulling white rabbit out of the hat

RewriteEngine on  
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} (.*)\.php  
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php $1.html [R=301,L]  

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} (.*)\.html  
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1.php [L]

edited Dec 28, 2010 at 20:37

answered Dec 28, 2010 at 19:42

please delete me

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vector Over a year ago

... something's wrong, when I enter "localhost/site/index.php" I get "localhost/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/site/index.html", not sure what to make of it

German Rumm Over a year ago

this puts my Apache into endless loop

vector Over a year ago

... rewrite base didn't help :-(

vector Over a year ago

... that did it! Except for the peculiarity of dealing with XAMPP, for rewrie base I have to use '/site/' instead of just the '/' That's what happens when I don't work with the stuff on regular basis :-) Thanks

Vijaysinh Parmar Over a year ago

after apply this solution .php pages are working fine as .html but existing .html page are stopped working.. could you please help for what to do for existing .html files?

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Code Lღver · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-19 09:20:08Z

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RewriteEngine on  
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} (.*)\.php  
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php $1.html [R=301,L]  

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} (.*)\.html  
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1.php [L]

edited Dec 19, 2017 at 9:20

Code Lღver

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answered May 19, 2014 at 3:39

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Vijaysinh Parmar Over a year ago

after apply this solution .php pages are working fine as .html but existing .html page are stopped working.. could you please help for what to do for existing .html files?

THE DOCTOR · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-28 19:44:00Z

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Give this a try:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php [L]

answered Dec 28, 2010 at 19:44

THE DOCTOR

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Jan Šafránek · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-28 20:38:40Z

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I think that this is much simple

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

it just process every .html file as normal .php

if you want it only for current dir

<Files *.html>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

answered Dec 28, 2010 at 20:38

Jan Šafránek

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