url rewriting . htacess [ask]

[likon]

hi guys..

how to rewrite the ".php" into "?" or even dont show it ?

like example.com/index.php to become example.com/index


thanks

[abduraooft]

I think you are asking the reverse ;), ie. even if we give the links like /index, /about etc and access them, the server should serve /index.php and /about.php.

If this is what you've asked, then
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

should work! :)

[BWiz]

you could also use in the .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule !\.{css|jpg|png|gif}$ index.php


And in your index.php file, have a script which grabs the entire url ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), replace /index.php/ with "" [str_replace()];
and then check for the page.

[likon]

I think you are asking the reverse , ie. even if we give the links like /index, /about etc and access them, the server should serve /index.php and /about.php.


would it still how the word ".php" after in the address bar ?

my purpose is to remove the word ".php"
sorry. havent tested yet, kinda researching.

ruby on rails dont have extension like .php. so .. i want it to be like that.

example.com/nodotphpbehindthissentence

[aedrin]

If all you care about is that, you can simply use your server's default file settings.

When you request a URL:

www.example.com/info/

The server will look for a few defaults in the folder info/


www.example.com/info/index.htm
www.example.com/info/index.html
www.example.com/info/index.php


This means your URL will work without the index.php, it also works with a query string:


www.example.com/info/?page=something


Will result in the server trying:

www.example.com/info/index.php?page=something

Don't bother with mod_rewrite unless you really need it.

RewriteRule !\.{css|jpg|png|gif}$ index.php

That's silly by the way, what about javascript files? Sure, you can add the extension, but it requires you to modify this file every time you add a new file type. Will you remember? I'm not so sure you can say that you will 100%. Meaning it's a failure point.

The better solution is the one provided by abduraooft.

[jaap]

What you are looking for is called MultiViews (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html#multiviews). Available in all current Apache versions.