htaccess rewrite causes 500 error instead of 404

Question

I\'ve recently added this little bit of code to my .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
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Answer 1

You should test if new path points to an existing file:

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

Otherwise you will get an infinite recursion (error 500).