A more in depth look at mod_rewrite .htaccess rules!

[standuncan]

I have researched until my brain hurts numerous times. Removing the extension in the browser should rather be an easy rewrite rule. I have found four different ways and yet again, none of them are working.

Granted, the current site is hosted on godaddy, however I have used one of these methods before on this same hosting and it has worked before, however only some of the time?

Yes it is an Apache server.
Yes mod_rewrite is enabled.
Yes I am removing the extension in the href links.

First and most common method I believe, not working:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

Second method with a failed attempt:

Options +FollowSymLinks

Options +Indexes

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

Third way which is failing:

RewriteRule ^index$ index.php [L]

RewriteRule ^page$ page.php [L

And lastly, I think is the correct way since it actually rewrites the link appending the extension, however still failing (this is the method that has worked before):

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f

RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)$ /$1.php [L]

Any help greatly appreciated…

[chrisburton]

@standuncan – Where are you putting the file?

[standuncan]

I have the .htaccess file at the root level, for this site.

However, this site is in a sub-directory of a shared hosting account with a separate domain directing to this sub-directory. I know the .htaccess file will only affect what is at the same or within that level.

[chrisburton]

So you have a redirect to that specific subdirectory?

[standuncan]

Maybe I’m explaining it wrong, it’s setup in the hosting panel that this sub-directory is the root folder. Not a true redirect.

[chrisburton]

@standuncan – I’m totally confused. You have the .htaccess at the very root level yet have the site in a subdirectory. Is that what you’re saying?

If not, take a screenshot of your file structure.

[standuncan]

Well I kept messing with it, but I couldn’t get it. So I just swapped the extensions to .html instead of .php using:

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.+).html$ /$1.php [L,QSA]

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