Is it possible to remove this extension

Server Config
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Hi, can i ask some help,is it possible to remove the extension php(.php) in the url ?

I want that the url looks like this

http://mysite.co.uk/contact

it removes the .php extension in the contact.

can you help me please how to achieve on this

Thank you in advance.

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create a folder called contact and rename your file to index.php

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I mean to my every page, i want to remove the .php extension

http://mysite.co.uk/contact

http://mysite.co.uk/view

http://mysite.co.uk/about

etc…

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Or create .htaccess file in the root of your website and place this code inside:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ $1.php [L]

If you already have .htaccess file, just append this code to it.

This will basically rewrite everything to the same thing plus “.php” so if you request yourwebsite.com/contact it will open yourwebsite.com/contact.php

The regex in this code doesn’t match dot (.) so ordinary files (with extension) shouldn’t be rewritten, e.g. if you request yourwebsite.com/contact.css it will serve it correctly, it won’t load yourwebsite.com/contact.css.php

Note: This is .htaccess rule for Apache server with mod_rewrite support. It may work on other servers that support similar type of URI rewriting.

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then you need to do it either with a cms so everything is filtered through the index file or in the htaccess file something like


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^GET\\ (.*)\\.php\\ HTTP
RewriteRule (.*)\\.php$ $1 [R=301]

please note I am not very good at redirects on the htaccess file so read more on that and or ask you question in a specific forum for that

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Hi, I am not familiar with .htaccess how to use this ?

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A .htaccess file is a special file with instructions for the web server (apache).
You can tell it to do specific things like redirect certain requests.

For this instance the easiest way is to create a file called .htaccess and put the following in it


Options -MultiViews +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\\.php -f 
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.php

That will rewrite all requests that have a .php counterpart to that .php counterpart, i.e., /contact to /contact.php etc, but if and only if that .php file exists.

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HI ScallioXTX,

Thank you for the reply…Okay i will try this,what if i am working on the local do i need to configure my apatche?..

Thank you in advance. :slight_smile:

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Out of the box .htaccess don’t work on apache. To enable them, follow the instructions described under the header “Server Setup” on this page: http://datakoncepts.com/seo

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Thank you so much for the reply, Okay i’ll give a try on this, i will write back to you if i get in trouble. thank you. :slight_smile:

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Rémon,

  1. (.*) can be null which would redirect to .php - not a pretty picture. IMHO, always require something, i.e., + rather than *.

  2. “Out of the box,” .htaccess does work. It’s mod_rewrite which, by default, does not work (must be enabled).

  3. Thanks for the referral, anyway, as the SEO page should clear it all up for him!

Regards,

DK

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Indeed, that’s what the RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\\.php -f is there for; to prevent invalid requests like the one you’re proposing :slight_smile:
That said, (.+) would indeed be better than (.*) in this case. I’ll amend my earlier post.

Ah yes, you’re right. It’s been a while since I’ve set up an apache server from scratch and I tend to forget these things :slight_smile: