How to execute a PHP web page without the .php extension in the URL?

Question

Sorry for noob question, can't understand from what I should search.

I'm making a site with that page product.php?id=777
I'd like it to be product/777

Thank you!

Answer 1

Create .htaccess file in your web root and enter following there:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^product/([0-9]+)$ product.php?id=$1

Answer 2

Instead of using mod_rewrite you can also use following in your .htaccess:

 DefaultType application/x-httpd-php 

And just name your script product on the server (without .php file extension).

So you can invoke it directly and would receive any appended string as $_SERVER["PATH_INFO"]