how to redirect non existent link on website back to the home page

Question

my question is how to redirect any non existent link on my website back to the home page. For example; imagine i have a page called \"pets\" on my site (http://mywebsite.com/pet

Answer 1

you can use mod_rewrite

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) index.php [R]