The title explains the basics, now, here comes the problem:
I have many files that look like this:
<?php include 'mynavbar.php';
include 'myheader.php';
include 'myfirstline.php';
include 'mybuttons.php';
include 'myadvert.php';
include 'myimg.php';?>
And I can't edit all the files and remove the .php. How can I not show the .php in the address bar but still be able to include the pages by using the .php ending
Following code should work for you in .htaccess file to hide .php extension:
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
# to make `/path/index.php` to /path/
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\s(.*/)index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule . %1 [NE,R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\s.+\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ /$1 [NE,R=301,L,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]
Also remember that these rules will have NO impact in your php includes eg: include 'myheader.php';
It is because those includes are processed by php itself and don't go through Apache.
could I also remove the "/index" for the homepage Sure I will try to put that rule condition also. Will update the answer in a short while./index pls verify.
/foo/ - The trailing slash makes it error trying to look for foo/.php Anyway to make this work? Thanks!The following RewriteRules will assume the PHP extension for any file that is not otherwise matched. It should go at the bottom of your RewriteRules in your .htaccess file.
# Force PHP extension if not a directory
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^((.*/)*[^./]+)/*$ $1.php [L]
This is for URL Rewriting. As far as include statements, you still need the PHP extension as these are physical file paths. If you need to so something fancy there, you should look into symbolic links.
You are not taking the correct path for fixing the problem you trying to solve.
If I understood well, what you want to do is having an url like :
http://example.com/my/url
instead of (for example):
http://example.com/my/url.php
If this is the case, what you should look for is rewrite url
