.htaccess; no extension required

Question

I need some .htaccess code that will treat extensionless files as PHP files.

Suppose the visitors visits www.mywebsite.com/dir1/dir2/file.name, it will

Answer 1

You can write a rewriting rule which only takes into effect if the requested file doesn't exists.

RewriteEngine On

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