hide/remove url extension in windows servers - html

Question

I read that .htaccess doesn't work on windows server like godaddy. So to hide or remove extensions like .php and .html on URL, you can accomplish this by creating a web.config file with the following code:
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="RewriteHTML">
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions> <action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}.html" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
I tried to make web.config file and save it where index.php is with that code but nothing happened.. I tested it with the like this
<ul>
<li>
Attack on Titan Episode 3
</li>
</ul> with a href of "attackontitan-3"
I want url to be http://mysite/watching/attack%20on%20titan/attackontitan-3 not http://mysite/watching/attack%20on%20titan/attackontitan-3.php

Answer 1

Use rewrite to add the extension, like this:
<rule name="rewritephp">
<!--Removes the .aspx extension for all pages.-->
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}.php" />
</rule>
Or This tutorial does a great job at explaining what you need to do with IIS.
http://atlantawebsites.blogspot.com/2010/06/vanity-urls-with-godaddy-hosting-using.html

Answer 2

You need to add a Rewrite and Redirect rules. The following will redirect and rewrite page.php to just page. If you want to do the same for html, just add those rules.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<!-- Remove the existing rules just incase we already defined them -->
<remove name="RedirectPhpExtensions" />
<remove name="RewritePhpExtensions" />
<!-- Add a rule to redirect x.php pages to just x -->
<rule name="RedirectPhpExtensions" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="(.*)\.php$" />
<action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>
<!-- Add a rule to rewrite the x pages to x.php behind the scene -->
<rule name="RewritePhpExtensions" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="(.*)" negate="false" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}.php" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Place this web.config in the root directory of your domain.
Then you need to restart the Application Pool on godaddy's site:
Web Hosting > Manage > IIS Management > Recycle App Pool button