ReturnRule. Why does not it work?

Question

htaccess

Written:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/$ ?route=$1 [L]
I expect that let's say: site.ru/index/test, it will show site.ru?route=index/test
But instead of expecting I see a 500 error. :(

Answer 1

^/$ ?route=$1 [L]
I understand correctly that you redirect the slash to the first group that you don't have?
what do you think your redirect does?
Oh, and shielding would be nice too.
^/$ \?route\=$1 [L]