Apache resolves to folder rather than file

[tmont]

I apologize if this has been asked before; I did a brief search and decided it would be faster to just post and have somebody point me in the right direction than try and find a needle in a haystack.

 

I have perhaps an unusual situation.  I simply want to remove the file extension from the URI, i.e.

 

domain.com/about -> domain.com/about.php

 

That's simple enough, but I also have a folder in the root directory called about.  Therefore, every time I type domain.com/about into the address bar, it tries to access domain.com/about/ rather than domain.com/about.php.  I'm out of ideas.

 

Any help is appreciated.