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How to use .htaccess to hide/remove .php from all files (including those inside folders)

Hello Experts!

I need help on how to use .htaccess to hide/remove .php from all my files and those inside folders.

I've tried to add .htaccess to the root of my folder, I could only access index.php redirected to login.php (showing login) but I couldn't move pass that page.

I was getting Page Not Found giving me wrong url.

Here is the code I've used inside .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

# Unless directory, remove trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ https://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Redirect external .php requests to extensionless url
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(.+)\.php([#?][^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ https://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Resolve .php file for extensionless php urls
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ $1.php [L]

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and:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

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Separately, both yielded same result.

Am I supposed to indicate all folders name in the .htaccess? and how?

Someone even suggested I should put .htaccess inside all folders which I tried but I couldn't login (invalid login details). After removing them (.htaccess), I was able to login again.

Please help

David S.

Did you change the action of your login form so that the redirect isn't needed?

REQUEST_FILENAME might not work as you might expect, so try using REQUEST_URI instead. Also it looks like you don't want to remove the query string, so add the QSA option to include it in the redirects.

# Unless directory, remove trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ https://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,QSA,L]

# Redirect external .php requests to extensionless url
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \.php([#?][^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ https://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,QSA,L]

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Opeyemi AbdulRasheed

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I tried your suggestion, I got same. In the address bar:

https://mysite.com/controllers/auth

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On the page:
Not Found
The requested URL /controllers/auth was not found on this server.

Note: controllers is a folder in which auth.php is located. auth.php is a script that controls login and redirects to dashboard. I believe the path is correct but I don't know why I'm still getting NOT FOUND.

AM I supposed to remove all .php extensions in all files? As in <a href="admin/dashboard.php"> ?

Did you change the action of your login form so that the redirect isn't needed?

I didn't. It has always been like this:

switch ($user->Role):

            case 'Admin':
                $response->message = "admin/dashboard.php";
                break;

            case 'Form Master':
                $response->message = "form_masters/dashboard.php";
                break;

            case 'Subject Teacher':
                $response->message = "staff/dashboard.php";
                break;

            case 'STU':
                $response->message = "students/index.php";
                break;

        endswitch;

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David S.

Perhaps mod_negotiation is interfering. Try adding this to your .htaccess file: