.htaccess issue under WAMP server - php

Question

I'm trying to change some of the url names using htaccess.
ex;
mg_com_tr/index.php to mg_com_tr/home
I tried many different code samples inside my htaccess file, but nothing seems to work.
I never worked with the htaccess file before,so in order to test it, I found some example codes just for removing the ".php" extension.
When I try this code, I'm not getting any errors, but its not removing the .php extension either.
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
The only working code I found is this one;
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]
This removes the .php extension, however whatever I try I couldn't manage to change
http://localhost/mg_com_tr/index.php
into
http://localhost/mg_com_tr/home
I have a feeling that it has something to do with the path
Both the index.php and htaccess file is located at
D:\wamp\www\mg_com_tr\

Answer 1

try
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^home index.php [NC,L]
or
RewriteRule ^home /index.php [NC,L]