title: how do I improve my simple mod_rewrite in htaccess?
body: <p>I am using mod_rewrite for clean urls but I'm just having a small problem.</p>
  
  <p>The line in particular is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^events/(.*)$ fe_events.php?event_url=$1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works. I can go to url.com/events/something_or_other and it works as expected. The problem however is then if I just go to url.com/events it doesn't work - I've got to go to url.com/events/ (with a trailing forward slash on the end).</p>
  
  <p>Can I simply modify this line or do I need to add another line such as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^events$ fe_events.php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks for your time!</p>