PHP & .htaccess - Hide folder in URL

Question

I've made a web app, and left all of the pages (.php) in the root of the project folder. I now want to move every page from the project root folder into a /view folder.

Original URL Example: project/about-us

Original File: project/about-us.php

Desired URL: project/about-us

Original File Location: project/views/about-us.php

I have tried Hiding folder in URL using .htaccess but no luck as of yet.

My .htaccess already has the below rules to handle file extensions and caching.

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [NC,L]


RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [NC,L]

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/html "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access 1 month"
</IfModule>

Any advice would be appreciated.

Update: File Structure

tom · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-11 14:18:38Z

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If you want a specific url to load a specific file:

RewriteRule ^about-us(|/)$ views/about-us.php [L]

edited Sep 11, 2019 at 14:18

answered Sep 11, 2019 at 13:58

tom

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bbowesbo Over a year ago

apologies, didn't work and I can't figure out why. theoretically it should

tom Over a year ago

Where is your htaccess located?

bbowesbo Over a year ago

it's in the root of the project, I'm thinking maybe the rewrite rules in my htacess are stopping the above solution form working?

tom Over a year ago

In the project folder?

bbowesbo Over a year ago

yeah the root, the folder where ALL my project files are, and it is working because pages load fine without file extensions

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