Just want to mask php file names

[deansaddigh]

Basically i have written this

 

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php [nc]

 

All i want to do at this stage is mask php extensions of my pagesto htm.

But it doesnt seem to be working.

 

Im a complete newb and have been trying to figure out how to use this.

 

Can anyone point me inthe right direction please

[wildteen88]

If you go to site.com/filename.htm it should call site.com/filename.php

 

Do not assume mod_rewrite will change your links for you. You'll need to change your links from

<a href="path/to/filename.php">some link</a>

to

<a href="path/to/filename.htm">some link</a>

yourself.

 

mod_rewrite will only map the url site.com/filename.htm to site.com/filename.php

[deansaddigh]

Sorry for my ignorance, are you saying i need to manually go through and change every php file to and htm file extension?

[wildteen88]

No, You don't rename the files. You need to alter the links within your php files.

[deansaddigh]

Ahhh i see, what happens if someone manually goes to a php page,

 

Like could they just still go to for exanple

 

If they can i struggle to see the point

 

http://www.languageschoolsuk.com/uk_videos.php

[wildteen88]

If they can i struggle to see the point

 

All you're telling mod_rewrite to do here

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php [nc]

Is to map any url ending in .htm to the corresponding .php file. You havn't told it to prevent the user from accessing the .php file.

[deansaddigh]

Thanks alot for your help, i understand what you have said, thanks again

[deansaddigh]

Ok so i have changed my links to.htm and written the rewrite rule

 

htaccess file

 

 

RewriteEngine 
on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php [nc]

 

 

heres my error.

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

 

Can anyone see why? is this a hosting issue?

 

Kind regards

 

Dean

[deansaddigh]

Forget that, i figgured it out, silly me had.

 

 

RewriteEngine on

 

with  the "on" on a seperate line, Derrrr

 

Thanks guys