Removing file extensions
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:07 am
Just taken on a site that has a rewrite rule in place to remove & redirect .php extensions. i.e /about.php will become /about.
However, there are other rules in place and I have just noticed that if the url parameter doesn't match the rewrite condition a 501 Internal Server Error is thrown as opposed to a 404.
It is definately the rule that removes the .php that is causing the issue as commenting it out solves the issue, however this rule must be left in place.
Ok, so if the URL is http://www.foobar.com/page/1 then it works fine. Same for removing the .php extension http://www.foobar.com/about.php will become http://www.foobar.com/about. However if I try to use an invalid URL (on an existing mod rewrite rule) to test a 404 i.e http://www.foobar.com/archive/123 then I will get a 500 Internal server error.
Any ideas? Mod Rewrite not really my strongest area for debugging.
However, there are other rules in place and I have just noticed that if the url parameter doesn't match the rewrite condition a 501 Internal Server Error is thrown as opposed to a 404.
It is definately the rule that removes the .php that is causing the issue as commenting it out solves the issue, however this rule must be left in place.
Code: Select all
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^archive/([A-Z]{1})$ archive.php?letter=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]+)$ page.php?id=$1 [L]
# Remove .php extension
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ (.*)\.php\ HTTP
RewriteRule (.*)\.php$ $1 [R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule (.*) $1\.php [L]
ErrorDocument 404 /missing
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.disney.com
Any ideas? Mod Rewrite not really my strongest area for debugging.