remove .php extension in url

[Johnson]

using .htaccess how would i go about removing the .php from the url, so for example url.com/main.php would be url.com/main

 

[Dynash]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-f
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.php$ $1 [L]

 

[krakjoe]

Urm, vice versa on the rewrite rule Dynash, so the user browses to /main and gets /main.php

 

[Johnson]

so what would be the correct way?

 

[themoose]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/?$ $1.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

I do believe. Or, to make it a tad more secure by only letting certain ones redirect:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(index|contact|register|login|yougetthepicture)/?$ $1.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]