Question

have this code in a htaccess file to hide the final php extension of each file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

but now i want to redirect to another page if the user try to complete the extension.

i tried this line after the script above but i get a 500 internal error

RewriteRule \.php$ - [R=404]

thanks !

Answer 1

Have your rewrite rules like this:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond  %{QUERY_STRING} !^myvar=0
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\..*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1.php?myvar=0 [QSA,L]

# but don't allow example.com/foo.php
RewriteCond  %{QUERY_STRING} !^myvar=0$
RewriteRule \.php$ - [R=404,L]

Basically first rule is appending a dummy query parameter myvar=0 in the URL and second is checking its non-presence to kick in, hence if user types /abc.php then it is blocked but if just /abc then it is internally redirected to /abc.php.