Question

I need to allow urls like http://example.com/forum on my website.

Here is my .htaccess :

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)$ /$1.php [L]

Currently, I get a 404 error.

If I change ^([a-z-]+)$ /$1.php [L] to ^([a-z-]+).html$ /$1.php [L], and my url http://example.com/forum.html, it works.

I want something like stackoverflow, http://stackoverflow.com/questions

EDIT: It works with WAMP in localhost, but on the website, it doesn’t.

What’s missing?

Answer 1

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# add .php file extension
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule (.+) /$1.php [L,QSA]

1. I have added Options -MultiViews — can make a big difference on some configurations (possibly your case).

2. Rule is now also checking if such .php file actually exist. If not — no rewrite occurs.