updated

htaccess

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 RewriteEngine On
 
-# Remove .php extension from URLs
+# Redirect requests for .php files to the same URL without .php
+RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^.]+)\.php [NC]
+RewriteRule ^ /%1 [L,R=301]
+
+# Internally rewrite requests without .php to the actual .php file
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
 RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.php [L]