Rewrite index.php and index.html in .htaccess

Question

Using .htaccess, how can I rewrite the URL, such that when a visitor types:

http://www.domain.com/index.php
http://www.domain.com/index.html

they will be redirected to http://www.domain.com/.

I tried it with redirection, but it takes me in the loop...

Please if you could help me with this.

Floern · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-10 11:21:20Z

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index\.(php|html?)$ http://www.mydomain.com/ [R=301,L]

answered Jan 10, 2011 at 11:21

Floern

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2 Comments

What would the difference be if the flags were [NC,R,L] instead of [R=301,L]?

@JosiahSprague it would also match InDeX.pHp because of NC, and redirect with status code 302 instead of the desired 301.