Remove .php and .html extensions AND have directories with same name?

Question

I want to remove the .php and .html extensions of my website pages in the browser. I found this code online to add in the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
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Answer 1

You could be able to give a priority to file when it request comes without / with same name with directory as well as removing both php & html and determine which one to check first like this :

DirectorySlash Off
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.*?/)?(?:index)?(.*?)\.(php|html)[\s?/] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1%2 [R=302,L,NE]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}   !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f 
RewriteRule ^(.*) /$1.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}   !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*) /$1.html [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}   !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\/$
RewriteRule ^(.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [L,R=302]

So , by the code above , extensions will be removed then will check first if there is php file match this , then html and finally if there is a directory .

So , the request for /home only will check first a php that named home if it is exist ok , then directory home but the request /home/about will go directly to about inside home directory.

Clear browser cache then test it , if it is Ok , change 302 to 301 to get permanent redirection

Answer 2

You can try with this simple code in your .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+?)/?$ $1.php [NC,L]

Update: As @Niet mentioned I missed condition so add this line before rule.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f