How to avert .html in URL

[dougndiya]

I have always used .html at the end of my URL otherwise the page will not load. But I have seen many sites that do not use it but still the page loads. How does this work?

[Fang]

In the Apache .htaccess file

<FilesMatch .*>
   Options +MultiViews
</FilesMatch>

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/rewrite/

[Joseph Witchard]

In the Apache .htaccess file

<FilesMatch .*>
   Options +MultiViews
</FilesMatch>

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/rewrite/

Wow, I've been doing it the long way

RewriteRule ^(index|contact|terms)$ /$1\.php