Question

Is there a way to make apache (eg: through the .htacess file) base the default filename for a directory url on the directory name itself? I could do this one directory at a time by modifying the httpd.conf for that directory, but it would be handy to be able to do this in a more global/recursive sort of way.

Examples to hopefully clarify:

http://example.com/dir1/ => would load http://example.com/dir1/dir1.php

http://example.com/some/long/path/ => would load http://example.com/some/long/path/path.php

http://example.com/jumboHotdogs/ => would load http://example.com/jumboHotdogs/jumboHotdogs.php

Perhaps using DirectoryIndex? Or Mod Rewrite? Is this even possible?

Answer 1

Mod_rewrite can definitely do that, try:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /([^/]+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}%1.php [L]