Remove .php extension with .htaccess

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Yes, I've read the Apache manual and searched here. For some reason I simply cannot get this to work. The closest I've come is having it remove the extension, but it points back to the root directory. I want this to just work in the directory that contains the .htaccess file.

I need to do three things with the .htaccess file.

  1. I need it to remove the .php

a. I have several pages that use tabs and the URL looks like page.php#tab - is this possible?

b. I have one page that uses a session ID appended to the URL to make sure you came from the right place, www.domain.example/download-software.php?abcdefg.

Is this possible? Also in doing this, do I need to remove .php from the links in my header nav include file? Should IE "<a href="support.php">support</a>" be <a href="support">support</a>?

  1. I would like it to force www before every URL, so it's not domain.example, but www.domain.example/page.
  2. I would like to remove all trailing slashes from pages.

I'll keep looking, trying, etc. Would being in a sub directory cause any issues?

.htaccess mod-rewrite apache
17 Answers

I've ended up with the following working code:

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.php [NC,L]
user_132622350

Try this
The following code will definitely work

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.php [NC,L]
user_85034200

Try this:-

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule !.*\.php$ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php [QSA,L]
user_105351940

Try

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]
user_69367470 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} "^[^ ]* .*?\.php[? ].*$"   
RewriteRule .* - [L,R=404]
user_107244150
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