.htaccess rewrite file path to folder path

Question

I have a subdirectory contact and inside contact.php and contact_content.php and .htaccess file

In .htaccess file I have following code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/contact/contact.php
RewriteRule ^ /contact [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^/$ contact.php [NC,L,END] 

# deny access
RewriteRule ^(contact_content)\.php - [F,L,NC]

Deny access part and the first rewrite rule work perfectly but the problem is the second rewriterule-> when I go to localhost/contact I am shown the list of files in contact directory instead of contact.php site

Answer 1

This works for me-> modified Sahil Gulati answer

Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/contact/contact.php
RewriteRule ^ /contact [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/contact/?$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /contact/contact.php [L,QSA,END]

RewriteRule ^(contact_content)\.php - [F,L,NC]

Answer 2

Hopefully it will work fine.

RewriteEngine On

Options -Indexes
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} contact\.php$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /contact [R=301]


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/contact/?$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1/contact.php [L,QSA,END]

RewriteRule ^(contact_content)\.php - [F,L,NC]