#Disables listing of files in directorys
IndexIgnore * 

#Turns mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On

#If directory exists ignore RewriteRule
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

#If file exists ignore RewriteRule
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

#If link exists ignore RewriteRule
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

#Rewrite url and pass to variable $url(in php script use $_REQUEST['url']
#then write url handler to parse url in index.php)
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]

This is an .htaccess file for a mod_rewrite php url handler.

.htaccess php handler mod_rewrite

php, htaccess

Apache