Removing .php frm url

[sally]

Am designing some help pages for my site ... myself and want to remove the .php from the url .. is there a way to do this?

The pages all have a php file, a css file and an html file.

I currently have this:

www.mysite.co.uk/page.php

and I want:

www.mysite.co.uk/page

but don't want it to have a sitewide effect just in case I bugger something up.

Or does this not really matter for help pages?

[LOS Design UK]

Depends what is on your page. You gotta have something Sally. The page extension tells the browser/processor how to render the page (amongst other things depending on the format)

.html - A straight forward web page coded without server side scripting
.php - Hypertext preprocessor is a web page that runs server-side HTML embedded scripting language (dynamic data pulled from another source such as a database...like this forum)

I would not worry about it unless you had a dynamic pag saved as .html then you would be in trouble.

[sally]

Thank you so much, I shall leave well enough alone then and let it say .php .. can't im,agine many people would want to remember the url for my help pages anyway.

[benr123]

Its a hack but you could always create a directory called /page and change your page dot php to index dot php and put it in the directory. I have done this before.

[LOS Design UK]

Thank you so much, I shall leave well enough alone then and let it say .php .. can't im,agine many people would want to remember the url for my help pages anyway.

Agreed. As with any website, all they need to remember (or look for) is YOUR WEBSITE NAME and then once they arrive, as long as the navigation is simply constructed and easy to use, they will find there way around.

I for one, do not remember exact pages, just website names/urls and take it from there.

Kindest Regards
Daren

[LOS Design UK]

Its a hack but you could always create a directory called /page and change your page dot php to index dot php and put it in the directory. I have done this before.

Why would you want to do that?

It is not resolving the issue Sally thought she would have, it is just shifting the page into another folder with a different name, same extension?

It is not a hack either I am afraid. A hack is there to fix a problem with a program (software) or hardware issue. There is no problem here to fix, just a little clarification as to what the extension was all about.

Regards

[benr123]

Why would you want to do that?

It is not resolving the issue Sally thought she would have, it is just shifting the page into another folder with a different name, same extension?

It is not a hack either I am afraid. A hack is there to fix a problem with a program (software) or hardware issue. There is no problem here to fix, just a little clarification as to what the extension was all about.

Regards

Apache will show index php files when you go to a directory (providing there is no index htm or index html).

So if you have a site example.com/page It will display the index php file without having to type in index php. This is what the OP wanted to do.

I use the term hack to mean something that isn't done in the correct way. Look on answers.

Hack:1. n. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well.

Maybe I should use the term bodge job. Anyway, the proper way to do it would be to change the htaccess file but I prefer to just bodge my site.

[LOS Design UK]

Apache will show index php files when you go to a directory (providing there is no index htm or index html).

So if you have a site example.com/page It will display the index php file without having to type in index php. This is what the OP wanted to do.

I use the term hack to mean something that isn't done in the correct way. Look on answers.

Hack:1. n. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well.

Maybe I should use the term bodge job. Anyway, the proper way to do it would be to change the htaccess file but I prefer to just bodge my site.

I am sure you don't bodge but made me chuckle.

I see what you were after doing but as stated, I think Sally just needed to understand what the .ext do.

Regards

[sally]

I was just asking because the help pages my script originally had didn't show the .php extension but the pages I am creating myself do, so I thought I was doing something wrong is all.

[fbm247]

Hi Sally,

It is completely possible using something called mod rewrite. I'm still not able to post links on this forum as im a new member but do a google search for 'mod rewrite'

I have recently had to do this on one of my customer sites. PM me if you need more info or want me to send you some direct links.

Best Wishses

Rick