Remove .php from URL

Question

Ubuntu 14.04LTS 32bit

LAMP

I know it\'s an old question but..

I need it to remove .php anywhere it finds it from the visible url. It needs to work wi

Answer 1

You may be on the right track. However, it sounds like your .htaccess file is not being executed. Just because a module is activated, does not mean it is available for you in your particular situation.

Here are some steps to solve your issue:

• First of all, check the spelling very carefully. Verify that it is spelled correctly (including the . at the beginning)
• Check the file permissions. Some servers are going to require executable permissions. So chmod the file to 755.
• If you still do not have it working, go into your apache configuration (probably at /etc/apache2/apache2.conf on Ubuntu) and find every instance of AllowOverride. It might be set to 'none'. Change this to AllowOverride all instead.
• Then go into sites-enabled, find your site configuration, and change the AllowOverride fields there are well.
• Restart your Apache server and congratulate yourself with a big cup of coffee.

One of these should fix it. I would recommend trying between each step so that you can pinpoint where the error occurred. After determining the cause, you may want to go back and restrict some of those AllowOverrides, depending on your needs.

Best of luck!