php without .php extension question

bluemonster

anyone can help me how you configure your iis to allow without .php extension.

example:
from http://www.domain.com/watch.php?v=DycV8UE5Ua0
to http://www.domain.com/watch?v=DycV8UE5Ua0

how is DycV8UE5Ua0 being created?
how you know if unique user (not register) visit your site?

MarkR

There are two basic ways:
1. Use mod_rewrite to rewrite /watch to /watch.php
2. Create a file called "watch" and configure your web server to treat it as a php file

Personally I normally use the second, e.g. in .htaccess (Assuming Apache here)

<Files watch>
        ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

Be aware that this will cause any file called "watch" any number of directories deep to be treated as PHP.

In the file "watch" you could easily just do require 'watch.php'. This is helpful as it means you have less PHP code in a file which doesn't end in .php, which could confuse your editor (or developers etc).

Mark

laserlight

hmm... isn't mod_rewrite also Apache specific? I suppose there is an equivalent for IIS though.

bradgrafelman

laserlight wrote:
I suppose there is an equivalent for IIS though.

I couldn't find one, except some time of plugin/extension that you had to pay for.

rowanparker

Another alternative.

Have a directory named 'watch' and have the 'index.php' file inside the 'watch' directory contain everything that 'watch.php' did. That should work.

bluemonster

i added below to .htaccess, it is still not working. anyone advise
<Files watch>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

bradgrafelman

What webserver do you have? Did you also create a "watch" file (with no extension) as suggested?

bluemonster

yah, created a watch file is not a solution, but all i want is to create "watch.php", so that when u access watch, the file is found.