htaccess remove .php extension, index.php AND add trailing slash

Question

This is for basic HTML/PHP pages, no query strings, etc.. I have searched high and low and find resources for removing the \'index.php\' from the URI, or removing \'.php\' a

Answer 1

I got this from a rather helpful chap on a forum once - never fully understood it, and there is one caveat; it implies no trailing slash unless the request is a directory.

However, I thought it was worth posting - a guru out there may easily spot the fix!?

# remove .php; use THE_REQUEST to prevent infinite loops
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ (.*)\.php\ HTTP
RewriteRule (.*)\.php$ $1 [R=301]

# remove index
RewriteRule (.*)index$ $1 [R=301]

# remove slash if not directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /$
RewriteRule (.*)/ $1 [R=301]

# add .php to access file, but don't redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule (.*) $1\.php [L]