Here is my .htaccess code, <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /view-([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ RewriteRule ^view-([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/$ post.php?id=$1 </IfModule> PHP: i.e, id=$1 = my-first-&-thread++ from post.php file. the link become http://site.com/view-my-first-&-thread++/ HTML: and gives error 404. I want my link to be like http://site.com/view-my-first-thread/ HTML: How could this possible? plz help