[saraali786]

First , Open Your Notepad Editor I Recommend Usinghttp://notepad-plus-plus.org/ and write this code


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /htaccess
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]


Then Save it as ".htaccess"
Then Upload The File To Your Website Hosting Root
And If You Are Using Godaddy Use This Code



Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /root_folder_name
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]



Done

[Fergal]

Hide Extension in URL .php .html ,etc

What does that actually mean? What is the purpose of the above?

[saraali786]

Hide Extension in URL .php .html ,etc

What does that actually mean? What is the purpose of the above?

To make the URLs more user and search engine friendly.
To make the URLs look cleaner
To make URLs easier to type
To make URLs easier to remember
To make URLs more SEO keyword friendly
To be able to change technologies -- if you ever want to move your site from one technology to the other, its easiest to do so without users even knowing if there are no extensions on the URLs

[JordanDD]

Fergal, imagine you have a URL called : http://example.com/file.php, with that code you could remove the .php but access to the file easily ! http://example.com/file --> http://example.com/file.php ! Its the same thing, just the extension is removed. Its pretty much more pro !

[Fergal]

Thanks for the explanations saraali786 and jordandd, I can see how that would be useful to webmasters.

[JordanDD]

Yes its pretty useful !Its simple to use and make a big difference on the URL !

[LShun]

I agree, the simpler a URL is the easier it is to remember, though some important little words might be missing when you try to recognize the link by a sight .

[JordanDD]

I am using that function on all websites I create and you easily find files you need when you know which one you are searching for !

[saraali786]

I am using that function on all websites I create and you easily find files you need when you know which one you are searching for !

yes this function can be use for files searching purpose

[JordanDD]

I am using that function on all websites I create and you easily find files you need when you know which one you are searching for !

yes this function can be use for files searching purpose

Removing file extention actually do nothing with search... I was talking about normal searching in a FTP software for example

[Jynuddin]

It will help the webmasters or developers most... It make a website different from others...