Replace .php with .html for all urls in files directory

Question

How can I Replace .php with .html ?

I have all files with .php extension in my files directory

/files
  foo.php
  bar.php

I want browser to show them as

  http://example.com/files/foo.html
  http://example.com/files/bar.html 

Is this possible by .htaccss?

Answer 1

Add this to your files/.htaccess

 RewriteEngine on 
 RewriteBase /files/ 
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ /files/$1.php [NC,L]

this rewriteRule will redirect all .html requests to .php meaning that if you enter www.example.com/files/foo.html then it will be internally redirected to www.example.com/files/foo.php and your browser will remain at www.example.com/files/foo.html

Answer 2

You need to use URL Rewrite on your .htaccess file, there is a post with the same question and is solved already here :

Rewrite

Answer 3

Try this

RewriteEngine on  
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} (.*)\.php  
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php $1.html [R=301,L]  

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} (.*)\.html  
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1.php [L]