htaccess configuration to remove extension with directory structure

Question

I am new to server configurations and having some hard times with htaccess configuration. I am using this htaccess to work without .php extensions and at the same time if user has entered .php at the end it also removes that part and shows a more clear url. At the end section I am handling errors with error.php

RewriteEngine On # Unless directory, remove trailing slash RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L] # Redirect external .php requests to extensionless url RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(.+)\.php([#?][^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/ RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L] # Resolve .php file for extensionless php urls RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ $1.php [L] ErrorDocument 400 /error.php ErrorDocument 401 /error.php ErrorDocument 403 /error.php ErrorDocument 404 /error.php ErrorDocument 500 /error.php

Every thing works great on pages at root, such as

example.com/contact

But things are getting complicated inside the folders, such as

example.com/photo/views

Here rather than showing the "/photo/views.php", I am getting 404 page not found and seeing my error page.

But I can see index page under photo directory as.

example.com/photo/

But still get error page on

example.com/photo/index

If I delete .htaccess file everything works fine with the .php extension in the end.

I would be glad if someone can show me what I am doing wrong.

Mike Rockétt · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 17:30:53Z

Your rule states that forward slashes are not allowed in the request URI. As such, the rewrite will not work.

Change your rule to:

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

I have removed the forward slash from the expression so that it now only disallows periods (.).

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 17:31:07Z

You need to remove / from exclusion character class in 2nd rule and tweak your regex a bit:

ErrorDocument 400 /error.php ErrorDocument 401 /error.php ErrorDocument 403 /error.php ErrorDocument 404 /error.php ErrorDocument 500 /error.php RewriteEngine On # Unless directory, remove trailing slash RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ /$1 [R=301,L] # Redirect external .php requests to extension-less url RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC] RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=302,L,NE] # Resolve .php file for extension-less php urls RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1\.php -f [NC] RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

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