Remove file extensions from urls

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I've never used mod_rewrite but i want to remove all file extensions from my urls for a website. What is the rule that i would need to do this?

I've tried this, but that gives me an internal error every time i click a link on my website

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

Delan Azabani · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-06 03:07:33Z

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Options +MultiViews is probably a better option for this. With that option enabled, Apache will intelligently rewrite the extension.

answered Oct 6, 2010 at 3:07

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Catfish Over a year ago

Lets say i want it done with mod_rewrite though. I'm new and i'm trying to learn it.

Catfish Over a year ago

or can you at least give an example of MultiViews and what it does?

bradym · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-09 05:35:29Z

What you want to do is first check if the file exists, this will prevent the infinite loop that is causing the 500 error. It will also make other non-php file requests work (ie: images, css, etc).

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]

so they i just have to change all my links in my website to NOT have the .php extension correct?

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