.htaccess

better friendly urls, 2-pass

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteEngine On
	
	## HOST RULES
	
	# force www on production host
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !mydev|mystage [NC]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
	RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
	
	# force https on production host
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !mydev|mystage [NC]
	RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
	RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
	
	
	## FILE RULES
	#  set R=302 for testing, R=301 when satisfied
	
	# FIRST: redirect file-name.php requests to file-name if file-name.php exists (E)
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
	RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^\ ]+)\.php
	RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ /$1 [L,R=301]
	
	# drop trailing shlashes
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=302]
	
	# VANITIES (V)
	# php extensions in targets can be retained for clarity or omitted (E-V-E-F/E-V-F)
	
	# keeps original request URL
	RewriteRule ^fancy/vanity$				vanity.php [L,QSA]
	RewriteRule ^fancy/vanitwo$				vanit	   [L,QSA]
	
	# redirects to site URL 
	RewriteRule ^fancy-vanity/redirected$ 			/vanity.php 	[R=301,L,QSA]
	RewriteRule ^fancy-vanity/elsoworks$ 			/vanity 	[R=301,L,QSA]
	
	# LAST: map request for file-name back to to file-name.php for execution  (F)
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [NC,L]

</IfModule>