.htaccess redirect root to index.php

Question

I need to redirect from http://example.com/ to http://example.com/index.php.

Answer 1

Try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$
RewriteRule ^$ http://example.com/index.php [L,R=301]