# Why rewrite URLs? Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewrite_engine
# Apache (.htaccess or httpd.conf)
# Make sure AllowOverride is on for the directory, or put the rewrite rules in httpd.conf
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#allowoverride
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# Nginx (nginx.conf)
try_files $uri /index.php;
# More reading:
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html
- http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpRewriteModule
- http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls
Note: Thanks to James (http://github.com/jamesvl) for his improvements and fixes (http://gist.github.com/910325)