Rewriting with lighttpd - how to remove file extensions

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I would like to use lighttpd's mod_rewrite to allow requests without a specific file extension. For instance, I would like the following mappings to automatically work:

Requesting for "/index" would serve "/index.php".
"/dir/file" => "/dir/file.php"
"/dir/file?args" => /dir/file.php?args"

Can this be easily done with a single rewrite rule for a given extension (e.g. ".php")?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '12 at 05:13

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Cassy and natbro got this very nearly right, but as user102008 commented, this erroneously rewrites any directory index. Adding a url.rewrite-once matching anything ending with a '/' seems to make it work.

url.rewrite-once = (  "^(.*)/$" => "$1/" )
url.rewrite-if-not-file = ( "^([^?]*)(\?.*)?$" => "$1.php$2" )

answered Jan 05 '12 at 05:13

Fred Smith

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But what about redirecting directory names that are missing a trailing slash? – a paid nerd Apr 07 '12 at 01:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '09 at 21:26

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Without having tested it, but you can give it a shot:

url.rewrite-once = ( 
  "^([^?]*)(\?.*)?$" => "$1.php$2",
)

Basically it means

take everything but a question mark
and, if exists, take the question mark and everything following

and you rewrite it to the first part, include the .php and add the last part again.

Again: I haven't tested it yet.

answered Dec 17 '09 at 21:26

Dan Soap

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wouldn't this cause the root directory ("/") to be rewritten to "/.php"? – user102008 Mar 22 '11 at 00:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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cassie's answer above is just about right. i would suggest dropping the trailing comma and using url-rewrite-if-not-file (available since 1.4.x lighttpd). this lets you serve other files that exist in the same directory without them getting rewritten.

url.rewrite-if-not-file = ( "^([^?]*)(\?.*)?$" => "$1.php$2" )

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

Community

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answered Oct 28 '10 at 20:46

natbro

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wouldn't this cause the root directory ("/") to be rewritten to "/.php", since it's not a file? – user102008 Mar 17 '11 at 04:48

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 23 '09 at 12:40

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yes

^(.*).php $1 [L,R,NC,QSA]

that would be for .htaccess in a directory

^/(.*).php http://same.site/$1 [L,R,NC,QSA]

where your domain is 'same.site' because it needs to redirect for the URL to change (as opposed to proxy)

answered Nov 23 '09 at 12:40

GeeKieR

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That seems like the correct approach using Apache's mod_rewrite. However, I am looking for a solution for lighttpd. – ssn Nov 23 '09 at 23:10
err, sorry I thought the pattern & syntax were the same I've only dabbled with lighttpd http://forum.lighttpd.net/topic/504 – GeeKieR Nov 24 '09 at 06:14

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