getting 404 error when removing file extension worked on wamp but not working on lamp

Question

in htacesss file in admin folder, removed php extension on wamp although worked fine. when moved to ubuntu with lamp server. it's giving 404 not found. but htaccess working perfectly for other thing like index routing.Below what i am using on htaccess file.

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

Answer 1

Try this rule:-

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

OR

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (.*) $1.php [L]

OR

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

If this global rules is not working for you then try below code also:-

In this code replace 'work' with your project root directory.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /work/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.php$
RewriteRule .* $0.php [L]

In linux you need to ON rewrite module.

open your terminal(ctrl+alt+t) and run this command.

sudo a2enmod rewrite

then restart apache2 by this command:-

sudo service apache2 restart

This tutorial link will help you.

Hope it will work for you :)