I don't know how to add a .php file to the permalink structure of wordpress

Question

I wasn't sure how to word this question, so i'll just explain.

I want my form at www.blog.com/got-a-question/ to be sent to a verify.php however when I do it sends it to a non-existent www.blog.com/got-a-question/verify.php

Where and how exactly do I direct to the verify page?

Answer 1

This isn't about the permalink structure of WordPress; all you need to do is add a slash to the action attribute in the form

so instead of

<form action="verify.php" method="post">

do

<form action="/verify.php" method="post">

Note the slash before verify.php; that signals to the browser to post it at the root directory (blog.com/verify.php) instead of on top of the last directory.

(The permalink structure is only relevant to the extent that the lack of a file suffix confuses the browser into thinking got-a-question is a folder rather than a file, so it tries to stack on top of it.)