htaccess rewrite .htm to html not working

Question

In my website's .htaccess file I added the following rule to rewrite all requests with .htm extension to .html:

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.html [NC]

Most of the URLs in my website were rewritten correctly but not the following URL. I don't know why this URL is not caught by the rewrite rule:

http://www.mydomain.com/view/186/4-test-limited.htm

Any help will be much appreciated

Answer 1

You need to activate the mod_rewrite first.

Try:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.html [R=permanent]

The R=permanent flag tells Apache to issue a permanent redirect 301 response, which is search-engine friendly.

Also, there are these great resources available online:

• Tips for configuring Apache's mod_rewrite
• modrewrite.com
• Learn Apache mod_rewrite: 13 Real-world Examples

Also worth checking:

• 10+ Mod_Rewrite Rules You Should Know