How do I rewrite .php to .html using .htaccess rules?

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I want to convert .php extension to .html extension using .htaccess rules

Is this something I can do, and if so, how?

I cleaned up your question a bit to make it more clear, I hope you don't mind. — Josh
– Josh, Commented May 20, 2010 at 23:24
The logical way would be the other way round: requests of foo.html would be rewritten to foo.php. — Gumbo
– Gumbo, Commented May 21, 2010 at 11:31

score 12 · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-21 00:51:17Z

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php [nc]

Uses mod_rewrite. $1 indicates first part of the regex and [nc] means not case sensitive.

You can take a look at this article: http://roshanbh.com.np/2008/02/hide-php-url-rewriting-htaccess.html

EDIT: Removed a line. You do not need that I think. Also, commented on what I did.

edited May 21, 2010 at 0:51

answered May 20, 2010 at 23:20

user201788

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redcoder Over a year ago

it doesn't seems to work.. i have a directory of tradesalvage/demo under localhost .. wat should i put?

user201788 Over a year ago

I think you do not need that first line so I edited that. Make sure that mod_rewrite in your Apache http.conf is loaded and not commented out. I tried it on my machine. It works. Here is what I did: 1.) added those two lines in my .htaccess file. Saved in the htdocs/webroot. Created a index.php file. and went to browser and accessed it as index.html. Let me know.

satyajit Over a year ago

I did this exact thing yesterday and it worked. The only problem is mod_rewrite was not enabled before. Google for "verify mod_rewrite is working" if in doubt

redcoder Over a year ago

ooh sorry, my initial thought was wrong. I thought i can access throuhg index.php and the URL will display index.html. If this is the case, i might want to just display index without any extension. I tried with the following but still nothing happen, the URL display as usual as index.php RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^(.*)\$ $1.php [nc]

user201788 Over a year ago

I think this article might help you: eisabainyo.net/weblog/2007/08/19/… or this: blog.highub.com/apache/http-server/…

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Don · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-21 21:49:06Z

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Maybe try

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} =-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php$ $1.html [NC,L]

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

answered May 21, 2010 at 21:49

Don

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