Remove .php extensions with .htaccess without breaking DirectoryIndex

Question

I have the following rewrite in my .htaccess file which removes the .php extension from files, converting for example so.com/question.php to so.com/question.

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

However this also breaks the default DirectoryIndex behaviour, in which just typing the directory will redirect to the index file in the folder, e.g. so.com/answer displays so.com/answer/index.php

Simply combining the above code with DirectoryIndex index.php does not achieve both results.

Can someone help me combine these two functions, or rewrite the code to exclude index.php files, which would achieve the same result?

Timothée Groleau · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-09 14:33:00Z

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I'm thinking you just need to verify that the file exists prior to doing the rewrite, that way you'll leave 404 and directoryindex behaviours intact:

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

(not tested)

answered Mar 9, 2012 at 14:33

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Mo. Over a year ago

@Timothée Groleau nice code, is there any option to remove 'index.php' for home page ?

Dheeraj Thedijje Over a year ago

working fine, i had little complex case, example.com/page.php?id=3479&name=this-is-page-name i had to convert it to example.com/page/?id=3479/name=this-is-page-name

kiran malvi · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-19 06:07:26Z

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

I tested and it is working fine.

Crsr · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-09 14:33:33Z

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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f RewriteRule !.*\.php$ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php [L, QSA]

verify files and folder and also, add RewriteBase /

answered Mar 9, 2012 at 14:33

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ajcw Over a year ago

This one gives an Internal Server Error :(

Crsr Over a year ago

strange... you add also engine on ? :)

ajcw Over a year ago

Yes, I included RewriteEngine On :)

TerryE Over a year ago

@Crsr, just as a point you don't escape . on the 1st arg of a cond. :-

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