How do I hide the file extension in the URL?

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The title says it all. This is what it looks like now: I'd like to make it look like "psychops.tk/index (I may rename it to "home" to make it better). And same goes for every other page on the website

There are literally thousands of duplicates, going back more than a decade. Googling your *exact title* (["How do I hide the file extension in the URL?"](https://www.google.com/search?q="How+do+I+hide+the+file+extension+in+the+URL%3F")) finds https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6534904/how-can-i-remove-file-extension-from-a-website-address as the first result. Eleven years ago, somebody chided the author of *that* question due to the number of duplicates that already existed. Learning to do some research via Google before asking for help is a critical skill to acquire. — user229044, Dec 04 '21 at 00:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 04 '21 at 00:11

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Create a .htaccess and copy the code below into it. The file should be saved in the root directory of your project.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.php [NC,L]

Now the .php extension will no longer appear on all your PHP files.

answered Dec 04 '21 at 00:11

tyazeez

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This didn't work – Hilex23 Dec 04 '21 at 13:45
There are two things you must do for it to work, first make sure it is a .htaccess file and not just a text file, second thing is you have to place it in the root directory of your project – tyazeez Dec 04 '21 at 17:11
Yes, it is a .htaccess file. What do you mean by "in the root directory"? I saved it in the same place where's there's index.php (so basically no folder, just the file main folder), is that the right place? – Hilex23 Dec 05 '21 at 15:06
Yes your root directory is where your index.php file is saved. So I guess it was saved in the correct location. – tyazeez Dec 05 '21 at 15:18
Then any idea why it didn't work? – Hilex23 Dec 05 '21 at 17:52
Which environment are you developing in? – tyazeez Dec 05 '21 at 19:51
Visual Studio Code if that's what you mean. – Hilex23 Dec 05 '21 at 19:56
No I mean are developing in your local machine or it's hosted on a paid server – tyazeez Dec 05 '21 at 19:57
It's hosted on my friend's personal vps – Hilex23 Dec 05 '21 at 21:01
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/239861/discussion-between-tyazeez-and-hilex23). – tyazeez Dec 05 '21 at 21:01

How do I hide the file extension in the URL?

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