.htaccess not removing file extensions

Posted February 5, 2018
Apache Ubuntu

So here is the link in question: http://cybergamegear.com/cards-for-crypto.html

The setup of my .htaccess file is as follows:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

So it should be removing the .html part, but when you navigate to the link, it errors: http://cybergamegear.com/cards-for-crypto

Any thoughts or suggestions?

jonnytothedee

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Kamal Nasser • February 9, 2018

The rules look fine to me, so I’m suspecting that Apache isn’t reading the .htaccess file in the first place. That could happen if it is not configured to do so. Open your VirtualHost config (usually /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/file) and make sure AllowOverride is set to All like so:

     <Directory /var/www/html>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
     </Directory>

Restart Apache so that the changes take effect.

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