How can I use URL rewriting to strip index.php from a URI?

Question

Here's what I need-

1. RegEx to match a url pattern and rewrite it to something else
2. 301 redirect old pattern to new pattern

Here's what I have-

I have a url pattern that currently looks like this--

http://www.foo.com/press/index.php/2009/4-reasons-to-buy-now/

I want to create a pattern match on the url "http://www.foo.com/press/index.php/" and rewrite to remove the "/index.php" and the new url would be--

http://www.foo.com/press/2009/4-reasons-to-buy-now/

But I want that as a pattern match on the redirect and rewrite so other urls will also be stripped of the "/index.php" which will always fall after the http://www.foo.com/press/

Thanks for your help in advance!

Answer 1

RewriteRule ^press/index.php/(.*) /press/$1 [R=301]