Apache rewrite example.com/forum to be example.com/index.php?page=forum

Question

Im a complete beginner with Apache re-writes.

Im trying to get example.com/forum to be example.com/index.php?page=forum

Here is my rewrite file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^/forum$ index.php?page=forum

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>

Answer 1

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1

This should work for you.