make URL work with slash /

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that is mildly frustrating.
this https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions/ has to work just as this https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions

in .htaccess
RewriteRule ^(.*)\/(\?.*)?$ $1$2 [R=301,L]

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day81

The URL with slash refers to "access item from category" (and you left out the id) whereas without the slash it refers to "list items in category". Works as intended I would say.

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Agrass

other sites have the rule, so why not.

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Agrass

Forums written with php or Forums about php? I dunno what to look for, but I can give examples with closed slash
https://www.codingforums.com/javascript-programming/
https://www.udemy.com/topic/linux/
https://www.phpbb.com/about/
and of course
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/
Or it's only PHP forum problem? So other examples don't matter even if they are like that?

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Agrass

Thanks for such a detailed answer. I still have very little idea how all of this network and backend stuff works, and got lots to learn.

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Mayanaise

In most cases, the first link indicates it is incomplete, while the 2nd link is actually complete https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions (.php - the suffix is unnecessary).

Remember when all links had .htm or .html on the end? Links still work in that same way - and by putting a slash on the end of that alters what it was originally linking to.

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