.htaccess remove php extension AND redirect

Question

I know how to redirect pages, but I was wondering how I could remove the .php extension as well as redirect?

Here's what I have so far:

<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
</Files>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(\w+)$ ./load.php?code=$1

Thank you in advance,

Answer 1

I saw a thread here discuss the same issue. http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/4148146.htm

You can use this answer in that topic of jDMorgan It will check if the request is not assets files and if it exist extension php in the url, they will redirect and remove .php

RewriteRule %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(gif|jpe?g|png|css|js|zip)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [b]/$1[/b].php [b][L][/b]