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sometimes when @ websites url this

www.website.com/index.php

and other times this

www.website.com/index/

why second url not have .php or .html extension?

in configured web server,

www.website.com/index.php 

tells load index.php file webroot directory. this

www.website.com/index/ 

tells in /index/ directory file matching listed in directoryindex configuration directive in server's httpd.conf file or in .htaccess file in web site's webroot directory (see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex details).

a sample configuration directive this:

directoryindex index.php index.html default.html default.htm 

this tell web server to, when no filename given, in current directory index.php file, if not found index.html file, , if not found default.html file , on else on line.

if want able run php files without having have .php on end of them, set default handler in configuration files (httpd.conf or .htaccess) such as:

forcetype application/x-httpd-php  

this tell apache handle files php whether have .php extension or not. (see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#forcetype )

you can use modrewrite remap urls if prefer, modrewrite directives can confusing , difficult troubleshoot.