Remove file extension, not to be seen by user

Question

How would I make the file extension not be viewed by the user?

Example

Once the user finishes the registration, it will be directed to the page confirmacao.php, but I would like the extension .php were not visible, only confirmacao/. I understand that this is Url friendly and can be done by .htaccess, but how can I apply on all pages?

• contato.php => contato/
• cadastro.php => cadastro/
• etc..

Is that possible? Or would I have to create a directory for each page?

Answer 1

In my . htaccess I use this snippet of code to remove . php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule !.*\.php$ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php [QSA,L]

Explanation

• %{REQUEST_FILENAME} - will check from the directory ROOT + o "arquivo" da url solicitada (you mean that you exclude Querystring)

Example

• Your website is at /www/ (Directory ROOT design)
• The requested url is domain.com/contato?name=Guilherme
• %{REQUEST_FILENAME} will be /www/contato

Resuming

• In the rule RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f says : Take this path (/www/contato) add .php and make sure it’s a file -f (file)
• If true apply the rule below
• !.*\.php$ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php - If you haven’t .php at the end, add, keeping the settings of Querystring [QSA].

Even if the rule is to add .php in the end this is an internal configuration, for PHP to identify the file, the user does not even know it occurs.