.htaccess中的隐藏文件扩展名

Question

I have hidden my file extensions on my website URL and I am wondering if I need to change my links on the other pages.

For example, If I have 'www.example.com/packages', should I then change the links pointing to that page from href="packages.php" to href="packages" since the file extension is now just 'packages' instead of 'packages.php'.

Is this important to change or would it be better to leave it as-is? Which would be better for SEO?

Answer 1

It is better to have links as href="packages" for SEO purpose.

And for the URLs already indexed in search engines use this 301 rule:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(?:index)?(.*?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,L,NE]