Enable URL Rewriting in PHP

To enable URL Rewriting in PHP, you have to edit the httpd.conf file of Apache Server.

Step 1: Open "httpd.conf" file in Notepad

Step 2: search the Line have texts LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Step 3: Un-comment the line by removing # symbol before the line.

Step 4: Restart the server

Example 1 of .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /project.com/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*).php$ actual_page.php?url=$1

Redirecting non-www to www with .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]