WWW Resolve .htaccess Showing index.php in URL - apache

Question

So im using .htaccess to resolve all non-www requests to the www. domain, but the code im using produces a url which always shows index.php even from direct requests i.e. typing example.co.uk --> loads www.example.co.uk/index.php.
Heres the code:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.site\.co\.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.site.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
Full .htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.site\.co\.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.site.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
AddHandler php55-script .php .php5
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]
#2 Permanent URL redirect
Redirect 301 /index.html http://site.co.uk/index.php
#3 Permanent URL redirect
Redirect 301 /lizards.html http://site.co.uk/stocklist/lizards.php
#4 Permanent URL redirect
Redirect 301 /snakes.html http://site.co.uk/stocklist/snakes.php
#5 Permanent URL redirect
Redirect 301 /amphibians.html http://site.co.uk/stocklist/amphibians.php
#6 Permanent URL redirect
Redirect 301 /misc.html http://site.co.uk/stocklist/misc.php
#7 Permanent URL redirect
Redirect 301 /tortoisesandturtles.html http://site.co.uk/stocklist/tortoisesandturtles.php

Answer 1

You need to make sure to keep this www rule before your other rules.
Alternatively you can modify this rule a bit:
# for index.php OR home
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(index\.php)?$ http://www.reptilesplus.co.uk/ [R=301,L]
# for rest
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ http://www.reptilesplus.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

Answer 2

Yes, that is possible by adding index\.php to a part of the first argument that isn't being copied over to the url. You can make it optional by using ?, which makes the previous character/group match either 0 or 1 times. We can use the [OR] flag to check if either the url doesn't start with www. or index.php is present in the url.
The following (untested) code should do the trick
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.reptilesplus\.co\.uk$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index\.php
RewriteRule ^(index\.php/?)?(.*)$ http://www.reptilesplus.co.uk/$2 [R=301,L]
This should happen:
http://example.com/index.php/1 --> http://www.example.com/1
http://example.com/1 --> http://www.example.com/1
http://www.example.com/index.php/1 --> http://www.example.com/1
http://www.example.com/1 --> Doesn't match