Question
I have a file and folder with the same name with dropping file extensions
- Posted April 5, 2021
- Apache
I know that I can fix my .htaccess I just dont have any knowledge on .htaccess:
DirectorySlash Off
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html [L]
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
ErrorDocument 403 /403.html
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Hi @Filice,
I’m not sure I understand the question exactly. What I understand is that you wish your website to load without using the file’s extensions. For example, if you have a domain.com and someone loads the contact.php form to look like domain.com/contact, is that correct?
Removing Extensions
To remove the .php extension from a PHP file for example yoursite.com/wallpaper.php to yoursite.com/wallpaper you have to add the following code inside the .htaccess file:
If you want to remove the .html extension from a html file for example yoursite.com/wallpaper.html to yoursite.com/wallpaper you simply have to change the last line from the code above, to match the filename:
Regards, KFSys