Question

How can I change this:

(1) http://test.com/?page=home

into this:

(2) http://test.com/home

I want it so that if you type (2) the server sends (1)

Answer 1

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^home/?$ /?page=home [L]

This allows the user to type either home or home/. Remove the /? if you don’t want to allow the trailing /.

If you want it more dynamic and want any path like /shop to redirect to http://test.com/?page=shop then use this instead:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^page
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ /?page=$1 [L]