相同的文件与.php和没有.php没有任何mod_rewrite RewriteRule

Question

I have installed a Apache (on ubuntu) with some vhosts. In the www-dirs I have a file (for example) called info.php. And I can open this file by /info.php AND /info (without the .php at the end).

There is no mod_rewrite rule in the Vhost or the dir.

And if I try a rewrite rule like:

RewriteRule ^info$ http://www.google.com/ [R=307,L]

and reopen /info (without the .php) it dosn't work.

When I change the role to

RewriteRule ^info.php$ http://www.google.com/ [R=307,L]

and reopen the /info it works.

And when I try this rule:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ echo.php?value=$1 [L]

and open a site like /foo and print the $value I get "echo.php". When I try /foo/bar I get "echo.php/bar"

Does anyone have a tip for me?

Add: Here are some information from the phpinfo():

SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/test/echo.php 
QUERY_STRING    value=echo.php
REQUEST_URI     /foo
SCRIPT_NAME     /echo.php 

Answer 1

You need a RewriteCond before your RewriteRule that matches the base case where no rewriting should occur. Otherwise your redirected request will also be rewritten.