Question

Noticed Apache strange behavior.
I’m using mod_rewrite to redirect every

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*css|gif|js|png$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [QSA]

So when i type
http://www.example.com/something

in browser, inside index.php $_REQUEST[‘q’] returns ‘something’

But besides index.php there are some other php files in root folder (profile.php, for example).

So when i type

www.example.com/profile

inside index.php $_REQUEST[‘q’] returns ‘profile.php’

Why does this .php appear?

Answer 1

My guess is that MultiViews is enabled. Try disabling it by adding:

Options -MultiViews

To your .htaccess file.