This should be what you need

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9-\s]+) artist.php?artist=$1 [L,NC,QSA]

it's still not working, http://localhost/web/ardy redirect to http://localhost/web/artist.php?artist=artist


and if i used that .htaccess my css site is not working properly..

Yeah, your CSS won't work properly because the rewrite rule changes the path for requested files. If you're using relative paths this will mess up your CSS, images and JS.

You can either add rewrite rules for all your CSS and media files or you can access them using the full path starting from your webroot.

Instead of
Use

Or you could write the rewrite rule for your CSS

I'm not sure this is the best way (.htaccess is not my strong suite) but it works. Make sure the paths are correct for you.

Hi,
What if I want to apply the rewrite rule to all the css files under the root directory.. I mean there can be multiple directories having css files so I cannot put web/css specifically for below:

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9-\s]+)(\.css) web/css/$1.css

Instead, can <FilesMatch> be used to serve the purpose?

Eg, If I need to apply a rewrite rule to redirect my css file to a php file I write as below:

<FilesMatch "\.css$">
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9-\s]+)(\.css) web/css/$1.php
</FilesMatch>

I am sorry, the last piece of code will be :

<FilesMatch "\.css$">
RewriteRule ([a-z0-9-\s]+)(\.css) $1.php
</FilesMatch>