redirect query string urls to pretty urls

[ak47carbon]

i want to redirect my query base url to pretty url,i am trying this on local host, i want if any one try to access http://localhost/something/index.php?page=zen it will redirect to http://localhost/something/zen.html,
ie
http://localhost/something/index.php?page=zen => http://localhost/something/zen.html

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/index\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^page=([a-zA-Z0-9_-])$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://localhost/cmsmadesimple/%1.html [L,R=301]

[bops]

In line 4, I think the %1 should be $1.

[ak47carbon]

no its not working with $1

[pritaeas]

Which page is the real one (that does processing)? The php or the html one? If the real one is the php one, then you're doing this backwards.

[bops]

To clarify, are you trying to rewrite a pretty URL i.e. website.com/page to a non pretty url i.e. website.com/index.php?page=page or are you trying to disallow a user from visiting a non-pretty URL by trying to redirect them back to the relevant pretty one?

[ak47carbon]

i want to make non pretty url to pretty url ,if any one try to acces non prety url it will redirect to pretty url ie

http://localhost/something/index.php?page=zen => http://localhost/something/zen.html
                                nonpretty     =>          pretty

1- url rewrite nopretty to pretty.
2- if someone try to access nonpretty it will redirect to pretty url.

[ak47carbon]

http://localhost/something/index.php?page=anything => http://localhost/something/anything.html
                                nonpretty     =>          pretty

[pritaeas]

I think you'll end up with an infinite loop.

[ak47carbon]

simply i want to make url structure like wordpress
1- if permalink is set to postname url will be (http://localhost/blog/sample-page/).
2- if permalink is set to default url will be (http://localhost/blog/?page_id=2).
if someone try to access
http://localhost/blog/?page_id=2 redirect to http://localhost/blog/sample-page/
if permalink is set to postname.

[ak47carbon]

tell me what is solution