refactor(htaccess): streamline URL rewriting and remove unused index.php

src/.htaccess

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>    
-    Options +FollowSymLinks
-    RewriteEngine On
+RewriteEngine On
 
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-l
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/index.php [QSA,L]
-</IfModule>
+RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]
+RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]

src/public/.htaccess

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+RewriteEngine On
+
+# Allow access to real files and directories (CSS, JS, images, etc.)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+
+# Forward all other requests to index.php
+RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]