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.

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:

Quote:

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.

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:

Quote:

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:

Quote:

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.

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

Hermann.Richter@gmail.com wrote:

Quote:

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:

Quote:

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:

Quote:

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.