Question

How can I get anything but files to rewrite to index.php’s params? I’m using apache, mod_rewrite, etc.

Answer 1

If you want to rewrite anything that isn’t a request for a regular file I’d use this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/index\.php -f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$  /index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
</IfModule>

This way you don’t need to concern yourself about adhering to a certain URL format for your rewrites – you can test and act accordingly in your serving script.