Shorten the URL from example.com/page.php?var=letters to example.com/letters

Question

I\'m kinda new to URL Rewriting in .htaccess , and I tried to do it myself following some tutorials. No success though ....

I want to shorten http://www.example.co

Answer 1

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # if the requested file does not exist
    RewriteRule ^(.+)$ page.php?var=$1 # rewrite the request