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I'm looking for step by step resource about how to rewrite URLs and have a few specific questions.

I've read the documentation on mod_rewrite in Apache, but I still find myself a little lost.

  1. If I have example.com/products.html, can I change this to appear as example.com/products? For that to happen, do I make all of my links point to /products and then have a rewrite rule that directs /products to /products.html? Or is it the other way around?

  2. Also, for PHP forms, I've noticed that I can't have a form action that points to a directory: for example, it requires /mail/index.php instead of just /mail.

Can mod_rewrite fix this too?

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Yes, mod_rewrite can do both things. Relevant: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mod_Rewrite Rules but Were Afraid to Ask? – Pekka 웃 Nov 20 '11 at 10:52

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