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

TRiG's answer should get you up and running however, I would strongly suggest you check out:

.htaccess tips and tricks

It is an excellent tutorial which should help you get your head round this stuff, part 2 covers mod_rewrite.