using .htaccess to rewrite .php file extension

Question

I am trying to use .htaccess to rewrite example.php to example.

The code I am using is:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /example\.php\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule .+ http://www.example.com/example  [R=301,QSA]

RewriteRule ^example/? /example.php [QSA,L]

The page redirects but shows a 404 - page not found error.

Is there something I am doing wrong? I only want to rewrite this one page and not any other pages within the site

Many Thanks

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Allen · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-31 12:47:31Z

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<Location /example>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Location>

and name your file "example" instead of "example.php"

See also the comments at: http://support.modwest.com/content/5/1/en/can-i-have-all-html-pages-parsed-as-php.html?highlight=parse

answered Jan 31, 2011 at 12:47

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Álvaro González Over a year ago

While this is a solution, it can make it difficult to edit the file. You can no longer double-click to edit and yuo'll have to instruct your text editor to handle it as PHP every time.

regilero · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-31 12:51:00Z

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if you have only one page to rewrite do not use mod_rewrite, use a simple Alias instruction

Alias /example /my/dir/example.php

answered Jan 31, 2011 at 12:51

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Daniel G · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-31 12:39:30Z

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I'm using this in apache:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   Options +FollowSymLinks
   Options +Indexes
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

answered Jan 31, 2011 at 12:39

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