apache redirect question

Question

What I want to do is no matter what the user types in, redirect to index.php.

Is this what I am saying here?

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond $0 !=index.php

RewriteRule .* index.php?path=$0 [QSA,B]

Answer 1

Not really, this is the relevant code for rewriting:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?path=$1 [QSA,B,L]