I use this .htacces
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([\(\)\|a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1&cat=$2&name=$3&sub1=$4&sub2=$5&sub3=$6&sub4=$7&sub5=$8 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([\(\)\|a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1&cat=$2&name=$3&sub1=$4&sub2=$5&sub3=$6&sub4=$7 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([\(\)\|a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1&cat=$2&name=$3&sub1=$4&sub2=$5&sub3=$6 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([\(\)\|a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1&cat=$2&name=$3&sub1=$4&sub2=$5 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([\(\)\|a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1&cat=$2&name=$3&sub1=$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([\(\)\|a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1&cat=$2&name=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1&cat=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ /index.php?ext=$1 [L]
And then you still can use $_GET['ext'];
And the the link for an a tag while look instead of this:
<a href="www.site.com/index.php?do=true?when=now" >do stuf</a>
will it looks like this:
<a href="www.site.com/true/now" >do stuf</a>