Hide .php extension from specific files using .htacces

Question

I would like to permanently redirect these urls only:

http://www.example.com/privacy.php
http://www.example.com/terms.php
http://www.example.com/contacts.php

to:

http://www.example.com/privacy
http://www.example.com/terms
http://www.example.com/contacts

Continuing to serve the contents inside corresponding .php files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

P.S. I edited my question because it has been identified as a possible duplicate of another question; the answer of the suggested question doesn't solve my problem

This is .htaccess current content:

RewriteEngine On   
RewriteBase /   

# Adds the www. before any URL   
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on   
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\..+$ [NC]   
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]   

# Redirects index.php page to the homepage   
RewriteRule ^index\.php/?$ / [R=301,L]   

# Redirects all old pages example.com/?d=124575 to http://www.example.com   
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(GET|POST)\ /\?(.*)\ HTTP   
RewriteRule ^ /? [R=301,L]

Possible duplicate of [URL rewriting with PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16388959/url-rewriting-with-php) — Yash Karanke, May 08 '17 at 17:57
Thank you for your time, but the answer in the suggested question doesn't solve my request — Benedictus, May 10 '17 at 05:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · 2017-05-10T16:26:15.663

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This will do it for you:

RewriteRule ^(privacy|terms|contacts)$ $1.php

edited May 10 '17 at 16:26

answered May 08 '17 at 19:02

Thank you for your answer, but it doesn't work, 404 error – Benedictus May 10 '17 at 04:57
Where are you putting the rules and what are you visiting? – May 10 '17 at 05:56
I put the rules at the end of my .htaccess, this is the content:
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / # Adds the www. before any URL RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\..+$ [NC] RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] # Redirects index.php page to the homepage RewriteRule ^index\.php/?$ / [R=301,L] # Redirects all old pages example.com/?d=124575 to http://www.example.com RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(GET|POST)\ /\?(.*)\ HTTP RewriteRule ^ /? [R=301,L] – Benedictus May 10 '17 at 08:23
And what happens when you add the rule I provided to the end of that, and then visit `/privacy`? – May 10 '17 at 16:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '17 at 11:26

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This is what I use on my website.

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

And it works without a failure.

answered May 10 '17 at 11:26

RealSollyM

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Do you have the `RewriteEngine on` before the rule? If not please add it. I assumed you already have. – RealSollyM May 10 '17 at 13:22
Yes I have it; please, see the current .htaccess I use (without problem) below my question – Benedictus May 10 '17 at 13:29
@Benedictus, did you manage to resolve this? If not, please post your new .htaccess with my change so that I can help you with it. – RealSollyM Jul 29 '17 at 19:28

Hide .php extension from specific files using .htacces

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