重定向到index.php但未在搜索栏中显示“index.php”

I have used a simple

<a href="/index.php">link</a>

to try and redirect to my index/home page, but in the search bar it shows ..../index.php. I want to know a way to redirect to the page without the index.php showing in the search bar.

Add this rewrite in .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ / [R=301,L]