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apache.htaccessmod-rewritexampphttpd.conf
what__a__maniac
what__a__maniac

Reputation: 13

I get a 403 forbidden error when trying to remove the .php extension using .htaccess file

I want to remove the .php extension from the URL using a .htaccess file located in the same folder as the php files (I want to remove the extension for all of the files, not just one of them). I use the following code:

Options +FollowSymLinks # I found this on the Internet trying to solve this problem, but nothing changed
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /app_tests/ # This is the folder where I want to delete the .php extension, it's located in the htdocs folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule !.*\.php$ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php [QSA,L] #I have tried without QSA as well (I don't really know what it does)

So theoretically, when I go to myweb.com/index I should see the index.php page but I get a 403 error (forbidden) when entering that address. Of course, there is no directory called index. I know that the code works (or at least does something) because when I write it wrong it says internal server error and because if I erase or comment it (#) the error I get is 404 (not found).

I'm using one of the lastest versions of XAMPP for Windows. I've uncommented the following line in the httpd.conf file to have the module loaded:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Do anyone know what I've done wrong or how to solve this problem? Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1838

Answers (1)

Shef
Shef

Reputation: 45589

It's probably failing, because you have comments after the directives. In .htaccess comments must be on their own line, they cannot come after a rule/condition.

I will help you with the task at hand by sharing a snippet from my stack. Put this .htaccess file inside the folder where you want the .php-less file access to work.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /app_tests/

# Set an S for HTTPS protocol
# helps for rewrites with protocol specific URL
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}s ^(443(s)|[0-9]+s)$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ - [ENV=SFORSSL:%2]

# remove trailing slashes if it's not a directory
# you will need this, because if a trailing slash is added wrongly
# the condition for the next group of rules will fail
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http%{ENV:SFORSSL}://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,QSA,L]

# internally rewrite to .php if a file exists
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule (.+) $1.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

QSA, stands for Query String Append, it basically appends to the URL all the request parameters that the GET request includes (everything after the ? in the URL).

Upvotes: 1

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