hiding .php extension

[rossh]

Hi i don't have access to modify any apache settings on the server.  I want to hide the .php extension and i'm  trying out renaming the file without an extension and then including ForceType application/x-httpd-php in .htaccess Is this the best method and what are the down sides before i get stuck into my whole site!  Is there alternative if this is not a prefered option?

Thanks

R

[rossh]

Looks like this method does not work in firefox should that be right?

Thanks

R

[tomfmason]

You would want mod rewrite. here is a nice tutorial http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/sitemanagement/urlrewriting.html

[rossh]

Hi thanks i've tried using mod_rewrite already and i'm getting an 500 internal server error?  my site is in a subdirectory does this make a difference?  I've looked on php.ini and it look like it there?

Thanks

R

[tomfmason]

It shouldn't make a difference. I have never had that issue before... Can you please post a copy of the .htaccess that you tried with. You may have made an error when writting it.

[rossh]

Hi, i was trying this example
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php [nc]

which i don't think is really what i want but i get the 500 error right away no pages from the subdirectory will load.

Thanks

Ross

[Daniel0]

Put this in your .htaccess file: [code]AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html[/code]

[tomfmason]

Here is a very detailed mod rewrite reference.. http://forums.devshed.com/apache-development-15/mod-rewrite-guide-common-requests-267522.html

replace the * with a +

like this

RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html$ $1.php

[rossh]

Hi thanks for getting back to me.  I've tried both:-

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

and

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html$ $1.php

and both give me a 500 error?

Thanks again

R

[wildteen88]

Look in your servers error log. The error log will give you a reason why you are getting the 500 Internal Error message.