How to hide php extension in url? - apache

Question

I am trying to remove php extension from url, But its not working for me. I am using Windows 7, with apache2.2.17 and php5.3. Now I have configured it as
in .htaccess file
OPTIONS -Indexes
IndexIgnore *
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule (.*) $1\.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]
in httpd.conf enabled mod_rewrite as
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
and
<Directory "D:/Apache/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
in php.ini
expose_php = On
After making these configuration still i am not able to remove php extension from url in my windows machine but same thing is working in ubuntu server.
Is there anything I am missing here?

Answer 1

This might answer your question:
RewriteRule ^/([^-]*)$ /$1.php
It works for root catalog.
RewriteRule ^catalog/([^-]*)$ catalog/$1.php
Or you can write automatic script:
RewriteRule ^/([^-])/([^-])$ /$1/$2.php
But this is for "httpd.conf" file.
Where: ([^-]*) means variable; $1, $2 means converted to variable i.e.
www.verity.com/foo/bar => verity.com/foo/bar.php

Answer 2

Use this instead:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(([A-Za-z0-9\-]+/)*[A-Za-z0-9\-]+)?$ $1.php
By doing this, you will be able to call example.com/abc.php as example.com/abc