Help to remove .PHP extension from WHMCS pages using .htaccess

[gr8]

Hello,

 

I have a question about removing the .php extension from our WHMCS portal pages.

For example http://www.exampledomain.com/whmcs/knowledgebase.php'>http://www.exampledomain.com/whmcs/knowledgebase.php

becomes

http://www.exampledomain.com/whmcs/knowledgebase

 

I am considering this option because our frontend is using the latter URL structure i.e. http://www.exampledomain.com/domain-name/register etc.

 

We consider a uniform URL structure to be good for SEO.

 

So far we have mode_rewrite enabled on our web server and have been able to search on this forum and come across this thread which comes close but doesn't exactly solve our problem http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?32310-Custom-Integration-with-SEO-Rewriting

 

1. Can someone help us modify this REGEX in order to strip the .php extension from URLs?

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

 

OR

RewriteRule ^knowledgebase/([0-9]+)/([^/]*)$ ./knowledgebase.php=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^knowledgebase$ ./knowledgebase [L,NC]

 

Maybe someone can suggest a better REGEX code for me to add to .htaccess....

 

2. Can someone advise on whether renaming all URLs would require me to edit hyperlinks everywhere those URLs link on the WHMCS portal (template)? A pointer in the right direction here is most welcome.

 

I hope someone who knows .htaccess server redirects will point me in the right direction here.

 

Thanks,

 

Ian

[gr8]

bump. Anyone to point me in the right direction?

[JohnnyMacD]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\s.+\.php [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ /$1 [NE,R=301,L,NC]

 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f

RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]

[webbymaster]

On 9/4/2013 at 9:53 PM, JohnnyMacD said:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\s.+\.php [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ /$1 [NE,R=301,L,NC]

 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f

RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]

In this scenario, the links in the Admin panel stop working properly (( Is there an option to do the same, but only for the site template?