title: Rewrite URL containing a period symbol with htaccess
body: <p>Hello im trying to rewrite my url <code>www.example.com/user.php?user=user.name</code> as <code>www.example.com/user.name</code></p>
  
  <p>but im getting an error message, I think the dot is messing things up.. here is my rule</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ user.php?user=$1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>