Need To Remove .html File Extension And Duplicate Names

I have a .htaccess file with the contents below, that removes the .html file extension for all of my website's pages. Options +MultiViews RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FIL

Solution 1:

So I have done this task! Try this code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(.*)/(.*)$
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%1 -d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%1/%2 -f
RewriteCond %1::%2 ^(.*)::\1$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$  /%1 [R,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ /$1/$1 [END]

Now I try to explain this rules.

1. first line: you do request like /folder/file
2. second line: check if /folder/ real existing folder
3. third line: check if /folder/file is real existing file
4. fourth line: I use notation %1::%2 because backreferences can only be used in the left part of RewriteCond. But it possible to reuse left part in pattern of the right part. So, in the "^(.*)::\1$" I check all before ::. Then I have result at the \1 backreference. So, if folder is equal to file, text after :: will be equal to %2.
5. Next I just redirect to the result (/folder or /file, doesn't matter, because both are equal)

But if folder == file, redirect will be always to the directory. So, next I check, if redirect result is existing dir and change the link.

Request example:http://yourdomain/test/test

(this will be redirected to http://yourdomain/test, but will reference to original link)

I hope, I explain clearly, but if you have any questions, I would glad to answer.

Thank you for insteresting task!

P.S. see also %N backreference inside RewriteCond

UPDATED. Your htaccess have to be like below:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !=443
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?james-lee\.io$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ https://www.james-lee.io%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(.*)/(.*)$
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%1 -d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%1/%2\.html -f
RewriteCond %1::%2 ^(.*)::\1$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$  /%1 [R,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ /$1/$1.html [END]

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