php - .htaccess RewriteRule index -

first of apologize english.

i'm trying make pretty urls. unfortunately have little experience in area. .htaccess file contents like:

rewriteengine on rewriterule index/(.*)/(.*)/ index.php?category=$1&page=$2 rewriterule index/(.*)/(.*) index.php?category=$1&page=$2 rewriterule index/(.*)/ index.php?category=$1 rewriterule index/(.*) index.php?category=$1 rewriterule index/ index.php rewriterule index index.php 

it works. rewriting link like:

site.com/index/department/workers

to:

site.com/index.php?category=department&page=workers

so index.php can work link. if there no "page" parameter third or fourth rule handles link. , on.

the problem in address bar there "index". link

site.com/department/workers (without index)

is possible? or can give me advice how can rewrite rules?

you can remove index rewrite rules. ensure account requests match real files e.g.:

directoryindex index.php  rewriteengine on  rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewriterule ^(.+)/(.+)/?$ index.php?category=$1&page=$2  rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewriterule ^(.+)/?$ index.php?category=$1 

this will:

• defined index.php index file
• rewrite requests of form /something/somethingelse/ index.php?category=something&page=somethingelse
• rewrite requests of form /something/ index.php?category=something

note don't need 2 rules account ends-with-/ , doesnt-end-with-/ - can account in single rule. more information on setting rewrite rules can found in the documentation.