How to remove .php extension from URL on server and on localhost with .htaccess file?

Question

Like the title says I need to remove the .php from a URL with a .htaccess RewriteRule .

https://example.com/about.php

should be

https://example.com/about

AND

localhost:8080/about.php

should be

localhost:8080/about

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Here is my current .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

You may use these rules in your site root .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

# To externally redirect /dir/file.php to /dir/file
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,NE,L]

## To internally rewrite /dir/file to /dir/file.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

Answer 2

you can add this to your .htaccess file , i will remove .php extension from the url

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]