Redirecting all .html webpages to their .php equivalents?

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Redirect *.htm to *.php
htaccess rewrite if redirected file exists

I set up a website a while ago and I had all the extensions as .html. I've learned a bit more about web development and would like to have everything as .php. The problem is that some of the pages have been bookmarked so I can't just change all the links and remove the .html files. I understand I could just add redirects on each page, but that would mean having two of each page on my site.

I'm wondering if there is a way using .htaccess to redirect any *.html to *.php if *.php exists.

@Michael, Alright, but how do I test if the php file exists? Not all of my pages with have their php version — mowwwalker, Jan 17 '12 at 01:56
See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5437019/htaccess-rewrite-if-redirected-file-exists which deals more exactly with your same problem. — Michael Berkowski, Jan 17 '12 at 01:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '12 at 12:37

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RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.html$ $1.php

or In your apache httpd.conf file you can add

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

answered Jan 17 '12 at 12:37

Manigandan Arjunan

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1) `AddType` is inappropriate; `AddHandler` should be used. 2) processing all files with an extension of "html" as PHP scripts doesn't address Walkerneo's issue and is wasteful. – outis Mar 29 '12 at 00:51

Redirecting all .html webpages to their .php equivalents?

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