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

Using mod_rewrite you can handle 404 (page not found) like this:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . / [L]

This will preserve original link in the browser but will show your home page.