Remove php file extension from the url - php

Question

I know this question has been asked like a 1000 times and I have probably tried like a 1000 suggestions as well, still no go.
I would like to remove the php file extension and substitute it with a slash (the slash is not so important but to remove the extension is).
My project is located here:
localhost/~fn/MyProject/
It contains two folders, public and includes. So all the public files are in the public folder: localhost/~fn/MyProject/public/index.php
I have tried so many suggestions already but most of them simply don't work. I am getting either a Internal Server Error, Forbidden or 404. I am putting the .htaccess to the public folder. Mod rewrite is on. No success with anything on stackoverflow and neither external resources ( e.g. http://alexcican.com/post/how-to-remove-php-html-htm-extensions-with-htaccess/ ). For example using the rewrite rules from the metioned webpage shows me 403 Forbidden to even access the index.
Any hints of what I may be doing wrong? I am really stuck. Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

If your htaccess is in public project folder, try with this code
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*public/(.+)\.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /~fn/MyProject/public/%1? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /~fn/MyProject/public/$1.php [L]

Answer 2

If the directory has an Index.php in it, the url will not show the file name when you browse to that folder. example.com/index.php would just show as example.com. You could use PHP includes to pull in each page to the index page in order to hide the file names but this isn't the best practice in general.

Answer 3

Put this in a .htaccess file in localhost/~fn/MyProject/ (so the file will be localhost/~fn/MyProject/.htaccess):
RewriteRule ^(.+?)\.php$ $1/ [QSA,L]
This captures anything ending in .php, strips off the .php, adds a /, and appends any query string as needed.

Answer 4

If you want only remove extension ".php" from index.php you should use mode_rewrite
RewriteRule ^index.php$ index // or
RewriteRule ^index.php$ /
But best way is implements mechanism to rewrite all urls and manage in your front script (index.php);
If you want use mode_Rewrite you shuold check if your mod_Rewrite is enabled on your Apache server. Go to apache.conf and check if line
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
is uncomented, dont forgot restart apache!
than you can On rewrite rule type in your apache.conf
<IfModule mod_rewrite>
RewriteEngine On
</IfModule>
or include something like in .htacces
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
Now all signs from urls will going to your once index.php. Here you can do with this everything what do you need to do for example u can call some controller.
If you get 403 Forbiden dont forgot check chmod of the file.

Answer 5

To remove the .php extension from a PHP file for example yoursite.com/demo.php to yoursite.com/demo, you can add the following code to the .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]