title: RewriteRule for friendly url names
body: <p>I have this url: <strong>127.0.0.1/test.php?name=john.smith</strong> that become <strong>127.0.0.1/profile/john.smith</strong> with this rule:</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^profile/([^*]+)$ test.php?name=$1 [L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I wish is remove /profile/ to simply have <strong>127.0.0.1/john.smith</strong> </p>
  
  <p>I meet some problem to find the correct RewriteRule.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help.</p>