I am trying to remove the ".php" on my website. I have changed the .htaccess file based on the documentation provided in the dreamhost wiki to the following:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /$1.php [L,QSA]
However, this does not work on the site. For example this code does not work:
<a href ="about">link</a>
It shows the following error:
Not Found
The requested URL /jimmyvosler.com/public/about.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
This works (but still displays the .php at the end, which is what im trying to fix):
<a href ="about.php">link</a>
I don't understand what is causing this, especially since the error even points to the correct place. Is there a setting I need to check on my admin tool?
Try this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
Here is the solution for anyone else that has the same trouble. I added this to my .htaccess file. This solution came from dreamhost support and was linked from this website: http://eisabainyo.net/weblog/2007/08/19/removing-file-extension-via-htaccess/
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
Try this:
Options All -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.php [L]