Rewriting with lighttpd - how to remove file extensions

Question

I would like to use lighttpd\'s mod_rewrite to allow requests without a specific file extension. For instance, I would like the following mappings to automatically work:

Answer 1

Without having tested it, but you can give it a shot:

url.rewrite-once = ( 
  "^([^?]*)(\?.*)?$" => "$1.php$2",
)

Basically it means

• take everything but a question mark
• and, if exists, take the question mark and everything following

and you rewrite it to the first part, include the .php and add the last part again.

Again: I haven't tested it yet.