How do you get rid of the .html and .php extensions at the end of urls?

[Ryan-Bradley]

What is the whitehat way to properly remove the .html and .php extensions at the end of urls?

Example:

http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo.php

should be (and is)

http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo

[RyanKent]

There are a few ways to do it and it depends on your server setup. Since you are showing a .php example I'll take a guess that you are using an Apache server. If that is the case the easiest method is to modify your .htaccess file.

CAUTION: any mistake in your .htaccess file can cause your site to become instantly unavailable or have other negative effects. Always make a backup first. If you are not very confident in your abilities to make the change and you are on managed hosting, ask your host to make the change.

The below code will remove the php extension from file names:

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

You can change the last line from php to html to have the effect for html extensions. Example:

RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]

[augustos]

check the .htaccess file in your web host. And follow the Ryan comm.

[Ryan-Bradley]

Would it still be the same code if you had other code in the htaccess as well?

For example my htaccess now looks like:

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

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

[RyanKent]

Yes the code would remain the same.