rewriting a URL using .htaccess

Question

Good morning, I want to create a simple URL which changes a certain URL from let's say index.php to "home", to accomplish this I wrote the code below and saved it as a .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^home/?$ index.php [NC,L]

But all this code does is make it possible for a user to access the home page by simply typing the websites name/home but when the user follows a link the URL still shows index.php, how can I go about solving this?

Answer 1

You have to change the href of the corresponding a tags from index.php to home .

They are called symbolic links and is used for representation. Still the content is available via direct url.

or add the below code in your php page.

if(strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],$_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"])===true)
    header('location:home');

This will redirect people from the current page to home if they directly visited the page