Troubleshoot .html URL extension using .htaccess

Question

Trying to remove .html extensions from a site using .htaccess. So for example: www.mysite.com/charts.html will become www.mysite.com/charts

The following script file is in the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ /$1 [L,R=301]

But when the URL containing the .html extension is entered in the browser, it shows a 403 Forbidden error. Any help would be appreciated.

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RMX May 20 '12 at 19:35

1 answer

Cosades · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-20T20:08:01+0000

I found this solution elsewhere:

 RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html