Calculated File check?

[trevc Profile]

They keep asking me to put in 'vanity' URLs where say someone typed in 'contact-us' it would go to the 'contact-us.html' page.

I would love to just have this work for all pages where it simply checks:

- Does the file exist?, simply load the page.
- Does the file with the added '.html' extension exist?, then load it (combine it with the first check?)
- Then continue with any additional rules...

Possible?

[HeliconAndrew]

Peace of cake:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

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

Which line by line would mean:

Is it a file? no
Is it a directory? no
If we add .html is it a file? yes
Rewrite to html file with the same name as requested URL

Regards
Andrew

[trevc Profile]

Thanks, It seems all too straight forward. Appreciate it!

I questioned the need for he first two Conditons and just ended up putting this at the end of the file which seems to work as you indicated.

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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule (.*) $1.html [R,L]


Just removed the NC as we're just looking for any character and want to rewrite the URL.

Is there ever a concern with doing too many 'file related' rules? Another reason to leave the first two out?

[HeliconAndrew]

I wouldn't say that there's a concern about it. However, when a list of rules grows, the chance of getting a conflict rises.

Regards
Andrew