How to remove only .php files in the root directory of the repository from the git index?

Question

linux

Late added to root directory php .gitignore files. Now I execute the command
git rm --cached /*.php
But it says: What am I doing wrong?
fatal: /*.php: '/*.php' is outside repository

Answer 1

To delete everything in the current directory, you can simply write:
git rm --cached *.php