URL rewriting and URL redirection

Question

So I have the following rule in my htaccess :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /blog/
RewriteRule ^post/ post.php [L]

This gives me access to localhost/blog/post.php via localhost/blog/post/

Now, when I'm directly typing localhost/blog/post.php it does not redirect me to localhost/blog/post/

Is there a way to redirect to localhost/blog/post/ in .htaccess or should I do that in php code ?

Answer 1

You need an additional rule to redirect /post.php to /post

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /blog/
#1)--redirect /post.php to /post--#
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /post\.php
RewriteRule ^ /blog/post/ [NC,L,R]
#2)--rewrite /post to /post.php--#
RewriteRule ^post/ post.php [L]