Delete .php extensions from URL

[Arnaud Lier]

Hello, I want to delete all .php extensions in the url (except index.php).

 

My actual .htaccess file :

### BEGIN - WHMCS managed rules - DO NOT EDIT BETWEEN WHMCS MARKERS ###
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on

# RewriteBase is set to "/" so rules do not need updating if the
# installation directory is relocated.  It is imperative that
# there is also a RewriteCond rule later that can effectively get
# the actual value by comparison against the request URI.
# 
# If there are _any_ other RewriteBase directives in this file,
# the last entry will take precedence!
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\s.+\.php [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ /$1 [NE,R=301,L,NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]

</IfModule>
### END - WHMCS managed rules - DO NOT EDIT BETWEEN WHMCS MARKERS ###

But this happens when I try to go on "Espace Client"

[steven99]

Try this instead, have tested it also

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [NC,L]

 

[Arnaud Lier]

I can't login to my admin page anymore ! @steven99

[WHMCS ChrisD]

@ZeProf2Coding have you tried Fully Friendly ReWrite URLs as outlined at https://docs.whmcs.com/Friendly_URLs

[Arnaud Lier]

Yes but this doesn't delete the ".php" extensions

[steven99]

Try this:

# remove .php from browser address bar via redirect 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,NE,L]

# rewrite requests without .php to their real file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

Tested within my dev admin without issue, however, the first one that removes the .php via a redirect will cause pretty much every page load within WHMCS to do a redirect to the version without .php and that can slow down page loads. 

[Arnaud Lier]

And my file :

### BEGIN - WHMCS managed rules - DO NOT EDIT BETWEEN WHMCS MARKERS ###
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on

# RewriteBase is set to "/" so rules do not need updating if the
# installation directory is relocated.  It is imperative that
# there is also a RewriteCond rule later that can effectively get
# the actual value by comparison against the request URI.
# 
# If there are _any_ other RewriteBase directives in this file,
# the last entry will take precedence!
RewriteBase /

# Remove .php from browser address bar via redirect 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,NE,L]

# Rewrite requests without .php to their real file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]
</IfModule>
### END - WHMCS managed rules - DO NOT EDIT BETWEEN WHMCS MARKERS ###

 

[Arnaud Lier]

@WHMCS ChrisD Can you help me please?

[steven99]

For some reason, maybe security related, WHMCS requires .php on the file name for at least login.php where other ones worked .  As it may require the same for other files, I would not recommend to remove the .php as it can cause unexpected issues. 

[brian!]

15 hours ago, steven99 said:

For some reason, maybe security related, WHMCS requires .php on the file name for at least login.php where other ones worked .  As it may require the same for other files, I would not recommend to remove the .php as it can cause unexpected issues. 

it's probably Friendly URLs related more than security, and i'd go along with the idea that it probably isn't worth attempting to do this.