Want to make /page.html become /page/

[NumberOfTheBeast]

I've been trying to make my address show up as www.example.com/page/ instead of www.example.com/page.html

Can anyone help me do this with .htaccess or any other way that might work better.

[NumberOfTheBeast]

I found this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+/)*([^./]+)/?$ /$2.html [L]

It seems to work okay and turn www.example.com/page.html into www.example.com/page/

The problem is when I try and do it in a folder such as www.example.com/folder/page.html I get a not found page.

Anyhelp ihelp in finding the problem would be amazing.

[dklynn]

NOTB,

The basic question (extensionless URLs) is covered by example in my signature's tutorial Article. IMHO, you're using regex which is too open and have neglected the $1 variable (the reason for your 404) in that mash-up. Have a read then get back with questions, please.

Regards,

DK

[NumberOfTheBeast]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^/?([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ $1.php [L]

I used that code from you site, and it worked for example.com/page but I still get a 404 when I try example.com/folder/page

Any ideas, I'm completley lost here.

Also, I noticed I get a 404 if I have backslash on the page (ex: example.com/page/)

[dklynn]

NOTB,

The code above actually checks that the requested filename (without extension) is a php file - in DocumentRoot. You actually got pretty close with your attempt (although [^/] is too wide open for me - I prefer [a-z] for lowercase letters to know that other nonsense will not creep in).

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^/?([a-z]+/)?([a-z]+)/?$ $1$2.html [L]

That will catch the FIRST level subdirectory and sent it, if it exists, along with the filename with .html appended. The key here is to capture the subdirectory name (and /) and preceed the filename with that atom.

Regards,

DK