Mod_Rewrite - URL Rewriting

[dellison1226]

Can anyone help with Mod_Rewrite? By default all HostNine servers have mod_rewrite and FollowSymlinks enabled. I have setup a .htaccess file but cannot get it to redirect urls with .php extensions.

Here is the .htaccess file I am using:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^detail-([0-9]+)\.html$ detail.php?listing=$1

If someone types mydomain.com mod_rewrite forwards to www.mydomain.com. I want the dynamic links to redirect to links with a .html extension. The rewrite rule above works if someone manually types in the .html extension but no redirect for those who click on the dynamic links.

User clicks detail.php?listing=32 (no redirect)
If user types detail-31.html (then redirect works)

Any ideas how to make dynamic links redirect without typing them? Any help is much appreciated. I have checked this forum as well as many websites on this issue with no success.

Thank you,
David