htacces rewrite url - redirect folder to php file

Question

I want to redirect or rewrite sub directories to PHP files

Such as:

http://www.domain.org/contact

to this:

http://www.domain.org/index.php?sub=contact

I would REALLY like it is PHP could just read domain.org/contact as domain.org/index.php?sub=contact, but if it just redirects that way I'll be happy! I've searched for many solutions using .htaccess, but they are unclear or I can't get them to work specifically for what I am attempting to do

Thanks

Answer 1

Try this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?sub=$1