mod_rewrite rules for a site hosted in a directory

Question

I have a site that i am building in a directory, not in the root of my webserver.

I would like  http://localhost/mysite/index.php?view=home

to rewrite to http://localhost/mysite/home

I can't get it to work

trying this in .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /mysite/
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ index.php?view=$1 [L]

Answer 1

I GOT IT!

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?view=$1 [L]

many thanks to http://www.cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/mod-rewrite/