.htaccess rewrite php to php file

Question

I am currently trying to write a rewrite rule. I want to simplify the entered URL so that it will always use the index. The input url would be www.example.com/home.php and would be rewritten to www.example.com/index.php?r=page/home.

I wrote this .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)\.php$ /index.php?r=page/$1 [L]

This configuration unfortunately gives me an error 500. I can understand that it is caused by the fact that if I enter index.php for instance, apache will not know if it must use the index.php file or use the rewritten url index.php?r=page/index.

Is it possible to accomplish this kind of rewriting rule with apache? If so, how can I fix my error 500?

Edit: Please note that the RewriteRule works fine if I change the extension .php to anything else such as .html, as so: RewriteRule ^([^/]*)\.html$ /index.php?r=page/$1 [L]

Error 500 doesn't mean your RewriteRule is wrong or points toward a page it does not exist. It means you have an error in the syntax of your file (I don't see any) or your configuration. Is there anything else in your .htaccess file ? Does mod_rewrite is correctly installed ? — ôkio
– ôkio, Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 7:21
I tried changing the rewriting rule to that: "RewriteRule ^([^/]*)\.pr$ /index.php?r=page/$1 [L]" and it worked when I try to access www.domain.com/home.pr... So it is the ".php" that cause an error. — ooo
– ooo, Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 13:42

Justin Iurman · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-10 18:17:05Z

1

You have two possibilities.

First one

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)\.php$ /index.php?r=page/$1 [L]

Second one

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \ /([^/]+)\.php
RewriteRule ^.*$ /index.php?r=page/$1 [L]

answered Apr 10, 2014 at 18:17

Justin Iurman

19k3 gold badges39 silver badges58 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

ooo Over a year ago

I used the first one, how exactly does it work? What does the dash means?

Justin Iurman Over a year ago

The first one does nothing if index.php is requested (the dash means do nothing). The second one uses THE_REQUEST: this way you can make difference between internal redirect and original request. Both are equivalent in this case

Jinesh Gandhi · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-10 18:26:40Z

1

you can also try with this :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?r=page/$1 [L]

answered Apr 10, 2014 at 18:26

Jinesh Gandhi

772 silver badges12 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

.htaccess rewrite php to php file

2 Answers 2

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related