rewrite not rewriting string

[xcoaster1]

I have confirmed mod_rewrite is loaded and working .. as the first line is working properly as a test, but my events rewrite is not working .. any ideas?

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^index\.htm$ index.php

RewriteRule ^events/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$ events.php?id=$1&active=$2&flyer=$3&type_id=$4

 

The URL would look like this:

http://www.domain.tld/dev/events.php?id=xxx&active=x&flyer=x&type_id=x

[xcoaster1]

Should say .. the URL should appear like as follows after the rewrite:

 

http://www.domain.tld/dev/events/xx/x/x/x

 

Although I would like it to appear as:

 

http://www.domain.tld/dev/events.php/xx/x/x/x