Get rid of page.php with mod_rewrite or routes?

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Just started with CI, I love it. Im trying to figure out how to get rid of the filename from the url. I saw a bunch of posts, but I cant seem to get any of them to work, and Im sure you guys are sick of it but...

My apps are setup like this site.com/page.php/whatever Id just like site.com/whatever is that possible without messing up my apps? How, with routes or mod_rewrite?


How could i do something like:
whatever.com/news/index/34
whatever.com/page.php/news/index/34

Thanks for the help,
John

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Never mind, I figured it out, this thread was useful
http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/50952/