.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]

Answer 2

You should have a look at Apache's Options directive, most specifically the http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/content-negotiation.html option which you can include in your .htaccess file and will do just that.

Add to your .htaccess:

Options +MultiViews

Answer 3

Ok, the answer was a combination of answers. I needed to add Options +MultiViews in my Apache configuration. Then I extend Andrews answer to the following:

RewriteEngine On

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

Regards and many thanks! Kevin