.htaccess rewrite rule

My url looks like this:

site.com/tests/check2.php?name=digitalforum

Code (markup):

I wanted a clean url like this:

site.com/tests/digitalforum

Code (markup):

I included this in ma .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)\.html$ /tests/check2.php?name=$1 [L]

Code (markup):

its not working.. i dint go wrong anywhere.. i have been trying it since 3 hrs..

and btw.. rewrite module is loaded in the apache config on ma server side.. i have my wordpress blog running on the same host which uses some mod_rewrite rules..

i am sure there is no problem on ma server side..

Help me please

 

Hey try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^tests/(.*)?$ tests/check2.php?name=$1

HTML:

 

Ensure the script is not * out - this is a commmon error -