mod rewrite all .html to .php

[rapidcars]

I've been searching around but can't find how to do this. I changed all my pages from .html to .php and want to redirect all the .html files to .php I read that you can just have the server parse all .html files like .php but I don't want to do that because I've already created the .php files and the site is already using them.

Thanks

[outrun]

You shouldnt put unneeded extra strain on the server when you can just rename all your files from php to html and they do the same thing.

regards,
Mark

[jdMorgan]

Compared to running PHP or PERL, the added "strain" is negligible. You can place the directive

RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.html$ http://www.example.com$1.php

in httpd.conf or in your Web root .htaccess file.

This is an external 301-Moved Permanently redirect. If you wish to simply serve php files instead of html files, without notifying the client that the URL has changed, you can do that with mod_rewrite. The advantage of using an external redirect is that it informs search engines that your pages have been replaced.

Jim