403 forbidden after rewriting my url to remove file extensions

[Shrekkcsgo]

Error Message

infinityfree errors 403

Other Information

When I add this htaccess file to my htdocs, it perfectly rewrites the url to remove the filenames from my addressbar. but whenver I load a webpage that has additional addressbar info like

webpage.com/Contact?event=packagedeal Infinityfree returns a 403 forbidden instead of loading the webpage.com/contact.php?event=packagedeal and rewriting it to remove the .php

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+)\.php(\?[^\s]*)?\s [NC]

RewriteRule ^ /%1%2? [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L,QSA]

[Shrekkcsgo]

changing the href to exclude .php seems to fix this issue.

Is this the only fix? Id like to keep my page functioning without htaccess

[Admin]

You can definitely do what you want with .htaccess rules! The difficult part is figuring out the right rules, because .htaccess rules can be complicated. I too often have issues with figuring out the right rules.

In this case, the fix is pretty simple.

Instead of this line:

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L,QSA]

You can just do this instead:

RewriteRule ^([^.]+) $1.php [NC,L,QSA]

I think the dollar sign at the end is preventing the rule from being applied when a query string is present. I think this should solve it, but I haven’t tested it, so I’m not sure.