How to remove extension from url WITHOUT trailing slash using .htaccess?

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I have a .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

And I have a file called random.php.

All I want to do is just call something.com/random, but Apache adds a trailing slash (using 301 Redirect) to the end of the URL, therefore giving an error stating that something.com/random/.php cannot be found.

EDIT 1: When I use

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [NC,L]

then my external files (.js, .css, etc.) can't load and the server responds with a 500 Internal Server Error response. Apache says that there were too many redirects.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-31 18:15:54Z

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Try this rule with optional trailing slash:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

edited Mar 31, 2016 at 18:15

answered Mar 31, 2016 at 17:48

anubhava

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ForceMagic Over a year ago

All right, it unfortunately does not work. :( My external stylesheets can't load with 500 Internal Server Error.

ForceMagic Over a year ago

Still not working :( There must be something with the apache directory TrailingSlash thing.

anubhava Over a year ago

Need more info to proceed. Take time and answer all questions. Q1. What URL are you entering in your browser? Q2. Is this the only .htaccess or do you have another? Q3. Is this the only code in this .htaccess? If you have some other code then please post it in question? Q4. Where is above .htaccess located?

ForceMagic Over a year ago

Q1: https://www.forcemagic.xyz/random Q2&3: I do not have any more .htaccess files, and there's nothing else written in this. Q4: It's located in /var/www (server root)

ForceMagic Over a year ago

Wait... it works... but with only that file. Never mind. Solved it myself, just renamed the file

Garytje · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-31 18:31:42Z

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You almost had it right, you just needed to exclude the slash as well:

Options -MultiViews RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([^\.\/]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

edited Mar 31, 2016 at 18:31

answered Mar 31, 2016 at 18:16

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Garytje Over a year ago

Could you start your .htaccess with Options -MultiViews?

ForceMagic Over a year ago

You mean add that to the first line? No, it still doesn't work. I searched and found that there's a Directory TrailingSlash yes|no thing. Shouldn't I set that instead?

Garytje Over a year ago

See my edited answer, i'm assuming you have more lines in your htaccess? Because you speak of a 301 redirect that you do not give?

ForceMagic Over a year ago

See my edited comment, that I think that's the initial problem

Garytje Over a year ago

You mean DirectoryIndexRedirect? That's only for when you have a folder named /random/ as well. But my code should work if you don't have a folder with that name.

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