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apache redirect 301 to .php file extension – SEO

for our client project we need to redirect all url calls to the matching .php file extension. this is done for SEO (google) ranking. avoiding indexing both url (with *.php and without)

we try to do this using the .htaccess file (shared host) but it seemed to only work for redirects that have a different url and not to the one that just adding the “.php” extension.

different url works

abc -> abc2.php

same url doesnt work

abc -> abc.php

here is our code sample:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.abc.co.uk
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.abc.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L] 

# this doesn't work
Redirect 301 /test http://www.abc.co.uk/test.php

# this redirect works as the url is different
Redirect 301 /test-abc http://www.abc.co.uk/abc.php

we host with 1&1 shared host server.
php version is 5.5

I also tried this code that redirects but the page not loading now:

RewriteRule ^(.+).(.*)$ http://abc.co.uk/$1.php [R,NC]

also noticed url without file extension (.*|html) will not redirect

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Answers


  1. 0

    Try this .htaccess in DocumentRoot:

    Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews 
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.abc.co.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.abc.co.uk/$1 [R=302,L] 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ /$1.php [L,R=302]
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  2. 0

    This appears to be a 302 re-direct, which is not SEO freindly. I tested the above and it doesnt work, also, if it did I wonder what would happen to url’s that did not require the .php extension on the URL.

    Basically we’re trying to get a 301 re-direct working, but it seems to be conflicting with the rules set up that contain the same url. (IE abc > abc.php)

    I wonder if there could be some kind of Apache setting or even and unlikely a PHP setting? the 301’s work on any other linux server that I try.

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