From 673cbfb21cf3dd3f84630098f432d1a038aa66f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary <gary@acorn-media.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 16:03:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] updated

---
 htaccess | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/htaccess b/htaccess
index 0238793..003fc63 100644
--- a/htaccess
+++ b/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]
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