php - Remove file extensions using .htaccess (Apache2) -

i have tried bunch of different ways , getting frustrated

options -indexes options +multiviews  rewriteengine on rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewritecond %{request_filename}\.php -f rewriterule ^(.*)$ $1.php 

^ doesn't work @ all

options -indexes options +multiviews <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>  rewriteengine on rewritebase /  # unless directory, remove trailing slash rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule ^([^/]+)/$ http://squeakcode.com/$1 [r=301,l]  # redirect external .php requests extensionless url rewritecond %{request_method} !post rewritecond %{the_request} ^(.+)\.php([#?][^\ ]*)?\ http/ rewriterule ^(.+)\.php$ http://squeakcode.com/$1 [r=301,l]  # resolve .php file extensionless php urls rewriterule ^([^/.]+)$ $1.php [l]  </ifmodule> 

^works goes page doesn't exist.

as mentioned second code snippet works sort of. problem removes .php doesn't pull .php file goes not found page.

am missing in apache config?