I've been using the following RewriteRules on a prior web host to be able to use URLs without file extensions, e.g.:
www.site.com/contact loads www.site.com/contact.php
.htaccess as follows:
ErrorDocument 404 /errPage.php
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# If the requested extensionless URL does not resolve to an existing directory, but does resolve to
# an existing .php file when ".php" is added, internally rewrite to add ".php" to the filepath
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)$ /$1.php [L]
#
# If the requested extensionless URL does not resolve to an existing directory, and does resolve to
# an existing .html file when ".html" is added, internally rewrite to add ".html" to the filepath
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)$ /$1.html [L]
# secure htaccess file
<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
# secure php.ini file
<Files php.ini>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
I tested to see if the Rewrite engine is on & it is as this rule:
RewriteRule (.*) [
selectAsite.com...]
does send my site e.g. to amazon's site when I add its URL to that rule then add the rule to the .htaccess file
Perhaps this may be useful info in troubleshooting -- my ErrorDoc line at top also is not being found, so errors are loading the web host's error page, not my site's error page
my site structure is /home/mysite and more specifically
Home
-
-
--www
-
-
--index.html
--direction.html
--blog
-
-
--index.php
I think RewriteBase / is still correct
I located this info in web host support documents, but I don't know if this is contributing to the problem or has nothing to do with my
rewrite rules not working
Article title: No trailing slash, URL without final /
Content of article: "Is there anyway to fix the problem where pages load incorrectly if you forget the trailing slash?
Yes! The setting called 'canonicalnames' must be off." (wouldn't fix the ErrorDocument line problem, either)
I can't help but think that some difference in server configuration is behind this, but admit I don't know how to troubleshoot this any further
This apache server uses CGI/FastCGI and SuPHP -- my prior web host with which this .htaccess and its rewrite rules did work properly, also used CGI/FastCGI
New host: apache vs 2.2.16
phpinfo states vs 5.2.14 but hyperlink on control panel states 5.2.4
phpinfo() does not output the loaded apache mod data and the support only states includes mod_rewrite and mod_security
Any thoughts about troubleshooting or a fix would be really appreciated
