example.htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
    Options -MultiViews -Indexes
  </IfModule>

  ## You may need to uncomment the following line for some hosting environments,
  ## to use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled.
  ##
  # Options +FollowSymlinks

  ## Turn on URL rewriting
  ##
  RewriteEngine On

  ## !IMPORTANT! You may need to uncomment the following line for some hosting environments,
  ## If your installation resides in a subdirectory, enter the name here also
  ##
  # RewriteBase /

  ## Redirect index.php from url to prevent duplicate urls
  ##
  RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*?)index\.php[^/] /$1? [L,R=301,NC,NE]

  RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*?)index\.php(?:/(.*))?$ /$1$2? [L,R=301,NC,NE]

  ## Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
  ##
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
  RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

  ## Block all PHP files, except index
  ##
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.php$
  RewriteRule !^index.php index.php [L,NC]

  ## Blacklisted folders
  ##
  RewriteRule ^assets/downloads/(.*) not_found [L]

  # Handle Front Controller...
  ##
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L,QSA]
</IfModule>