Question

Sorry I couldn’t come up with a better title.

Here is my htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,QSA]

And this is my problem:

localhost/validpage gives me the contents of localhost/validpage.php.
localhost/validpage/blah also gives me the same (validpage.php) page and so does localhost/validpage/blah/blah/…
Therefore the problem I am facing is link duplicity(in my words!).

How do I allow localhost/validpage.php to be accessed from localhost/validpage only and nothing else, not even localhost/validpage.php.

I have started a question on *Server****Fault*** too but with not much success.
The answer I have got is it cannot be done with htaccess alone.

By validpage I mean any valid page on the server. Since I am retrofitting an existing site with mod_rewrite for cleaner urls, I am looking for a relatively easy solution preferably with .htaccess only. However, any solutions are welcome.

Answer 1

what is the source attribute of your images, etc ???
absolute or relative?

<img src="/images/my.jpg" /> and <img src="images/my.jpg" /> point to different files when applying your rewrite rules.