.htaccess for rewrite tool to chnage url for SEO

Question

Currently i have a url like this.

http://domain.com/main.php?page=Welcome.php

I'm looking to use the rewrite tool within htaccess to get rid of the main.php?page= so it will just become http://domain.com/Welcome.php

Or even better get rid of the .php to http://domain.com/Welcome

I have been trying to use the rewrite and using;

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ main.php?Page=$1 [QSA,L]

But its not working :(

Answer 1

Try this rule in your site root .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/?$ main.php?Page=$1.php [QSA,L]