How to remove / public from the address bar so that it is perceived as, for example, a controller?

Question

htaccess

.htaccess/

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /public/$0

.htaccess /public/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?$0 [L,QSA]

The site is available, for example, both at http://site.ru/controller/action and at http://site.ru/public/controller/action, how to remove /public?

Answer 1

/public/.htaccess

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^\S+\s+/public(\S+)
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?$0 [L,QSA]