Htaccess - remove .php extension and keep query

Question

I've tried to remove the .php extension and keep the id query parameter, but I get a 404 error.

This is the URL:

example.com/folder/file.php?q=123

And I want it to be:

example.com/folder/file/123

Here is my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^$1/(.*)$ /$1.php?q=$2

To clarify, you are actually making requests to URLs of the form /folder/file/123 (since .htaccess itself doesn't actually "change" the URL). The .htaccess file is presumably in the document root directory? — MrWhite
– MrWhite, Commented Jan 6, 2023 at 17:02
Do you need to also handle extensionless URLs without additional parameters? eg. /folder/file? — MrWhite
– MrWhite, Commented Jan 6, 2023 at 17:14

MrWhite · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-06 17:14:07Z

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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

This would internally rewrite the URL from /folder/file/123 to /folder/file/123.php, which is obviously going to result in a 404. It would be preferable to test that the corresponding .php file exists, rather than testing that the request does not already map to a file.

I'm assuming the q URL parameter always takes a numeric value.

Try the following instead:

# Rewrite "/folder/<file>/<123>" to "/folder/<file>.php?q=<123>"
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/(\d+)$ $1.php?q=$2 [L]

The NC flag is not required.

RewriteRule ^$1/(.*)$ /$1.php?q=$2

This rule doesn't make sense and is redundant.

answered Jan 6, 2023 at 17:14

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anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-06 17:15:24Z

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Assuming last path component makes query parameter q, you can use this rule:

RewriteEngine On

# ignore all files and directories from rewrite
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

# Add .php extension and use last component as parameter q
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([\w-]+)/?$ $1.php?q=$2 [L,QSA]

# Add .php extension
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

answered Jan 6, 2023 at 17:15

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