Help with mod_rewrite

I want to rewrite URLs like
http://domain/dir/file.php?var1=val1&var2=val2#anchor

to
http://domain/dir/file?var1=val1&var2=val2#anchor

In other words, I want to strip out the php extension

I tried putting in the .htaccess file the following:

DefaultType application/x-httpd-php

But that didn't work at all.

So I tried with mod_rewrite:

RewriteRule /[^/\.]+$ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php

It doesn't work either!!!

I need help please. What is the problem??

My hosting server is apache 1.3.37


Thanks in advance.

re: Help with mod_rewrite

Hi,

You could use the ForceType directive to serve PHP URLs without a file
extension. For example:

<FilesMatch "^[^\.]*$">
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

That would treat every file with no extension as a PHP script. On disk
the file path could be "/dir/file", and the URL would be "/dir/file".

Not sure if that's what you wanted. You can also use mod_rewrite in
this scenario. For example:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^\.\?]+)(\?.*)?$ $1.php$2

That would internally convert incoming URLs that lacked a file
extension into .php requests. It would convert "file?a=b" into
"file.php?a=b". You would then create a script called file.php.

I think the ForceType way is probably easier. Is that what you needed?

Hermann.Richter@gmail.com wrote:

re: Help with mod_rewrite

That's exactly what I need.

But I dont have access to httpd.conf, so it mut be done on .htaccess
files.

The fileMatch tag can be on a .htaccess file??



petersprc@gmail.com wrote:

re: Help with mod_rewrite

Yep, ForceType can be used in .htaccess. (Not sure if AllowOverride
needs to include FileInfo?)

Hermann.Richter@gmail.com wrote:

re: Help with mod_rewrite

<Hermann.Richter@gmail.comwrote in message
news:1161205984.787026.311810@m73g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...<snip>It's an Apache server question, not PHP

Read the Apache docs for Options (Content negotiated MultiViews).

Options +MultiViews


Rich