How do I make a rewrite rule in php?

Question

RewriteEngine on
Rewriterule ^(.*).htm $1.php

This works fine when i try to access every php page

But how could i make it RewriteRule

Answer 1

If you want to use the rule in a .htaccess file, you need to remove the local path prefix from the pattern as it is removed before testing the pattern. In case of the root directory that is the /. So try this:

RewriteRule ^somepage/$ /somepage.php

And for arbitrary path segments:

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ /$1.php