Simple .htaccess rewrite to pass 1 parameter

Question

Can someone please tell me what should my .htaccess file contain to create the following rewrite:

http://www.example.com/success

to call

http://www.example.com/index.php?q=success

Answer 1

Following code I use for my site

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ index.php?q=$1

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ index.php?q=$1

or you can write following

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?q=$1

RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ index.php?q=$1

Answer 2

Try with:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /index.php?q=$1 [L]

Answer 3

Heres is one way to do it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*(success)/?$
RewriteRule .* http://www.mysite.com/index.php?q=%1 [L]

UPDATED

This modification allows for any word(s) instead of success in the previous version:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/(\w+)$
RewriteRule .* http://www.mysite.com/index.php?q=%1 [L]