URL Rewriting - Redirect With No File Extension

Question

I am currently using the following rules in an htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

This works well to ensure that myfile.php works as well as just myfile (with no extension). It also handles querystring's with no problems, so myfile?var=foo also works.

The problem is that these are registering in Google Analytics as being too seperate files. So while myfile.php might be the third most popular page on my site, with X visits, myfile might be the fifth most popular page on my site with Y visits.

Is there a way for me to do a hard redirect, rather than "accept either one" type of rule?

Thanks

Answer 1

Try this rule to redirect requests for .php files:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /(([^/?]*/)*[^/?]+)\.php
RewriteRule ^.+\.php$ /%1 [L,R=301]

Answer 2

Could you just change your last RewriteRule to do this?

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,R=301]

That will redirect "myfile" to "myfile.php".

Also, you can adjust for this inside of Google Analytics using rules as well. Although that probably isn't an ideal solution.

ETA: If you want myfile.php to redirect to myfile, try this for your last rule instead:

RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ $1 [L,R=301]