How to rewrite a URL using htaccess?

Using .htaccess want to change the urls of my site from .php extension to .html?

• using .htaccess file i am able to change the www.domain/index.php to www.domain/index.html using the following code: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php using this code if i give the url as www.domain/index.html it is showing the same content as in www.domain/index.php and also other files as search.php to serach.html But i want the hyperlinks given in the entire site to change as (.)html extension i.e if i mouse over the hyperlink i want it to view as search.html and not search.php

• Answer:

  If you edit the hyperlinks to say .html, this is what they should show. Better is to use the : AddType application/x-httpd.php .html directive. This allows the server to run php in html files. You could then rename all the files to .html and set all the links to .html without incurring the overhead of translation.