looking to ditch the .php extension

[Derleek]

Ok, so I would like the ability to not display the .php file extension on some of my pages.

 

Is apache mod_rewrite what i'm looking for?

 

I just don't want to choke down this article if It's not even what i'm looking for... lol

[rhodesa]

yeah, mod_rewrite is the way to go. if you want a DIFFERENT extension, like .html pages running like PHP pages, that is something different though

[zq29]

yeah, mod_rewrite is the way to go. if you want a DIFFERENT extension, like .html pages running like PHP pages, that is something different though

 

You can mask php pages as html pages with mod_rewrite too... Though there are other ways of course.

[TheFilmGod]

hey - I was wondering if someone can explain to me how mod_rewrite works! I know that you can change the url / name of the a page, but what if a user copies and pastes the link... would it still work?

[trq]

hey - I was wondering if someone can explain to me how mod_rewrite works! I know that you can change the url / name of the a page, but what if a user copies and pastes the link... would it still work?

 

Yes it will still work. it is simply a way to have apache map one url to another. eg;

 

http://yourdomain.com/foo/bar -> http://yourdomain.com/index.php?section=foo&article=bar

[TheFilmGod]

hey - I was wondering if someone can explain to me how mod_rewrite works! I know that you can change the url / name of the a page, but what if a user copies and pastes the link... would it still work?

 

Yes it will still work. it is simply a way to have apache map one url to another. eg;

 

http://yourdomain.com/foo/bar -> http://yourdomain.com/index.php?section=foo&article=bar

 

Yes that makes sense, but ... how does apache know the difference between something it needs to "map" opposed to accessing a file called "bar" in directory "foo".

[akitchin]

it doesn't know the difference, it simply follows the rules it's given.  that's why you have to be careful with your rules.

[wildteen88]

hey - I was wondering if someone can explain to me how mod_rewrite works! I know that you can change the url / name of the a page, but what if a user copies and pastes the link... would it still work?

 

Yes it will still work. it is simply a way to have apache map one url to another. eg;

 

http://yourdomain.com/foo/bar -> http://yourdomain.com/index.php?section=foo&article=bar

 

Yes that makes sense, but ... how does apache know the difference between something it needs to "map" opposed to accessing a file called "bar" in directory "foo".

You'd do this by setting up a rewrite conditions to check to see if the requested url is not a existing file/directory, example

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# your RewriteRule's continue here

 

[The Little Guy]

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Htaccess_tricks#No_File_Extension

[Derleek]

thanks little_guy. looks like a much easier read then what i found