Redirecting search.php with .htaccess

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I have a search box with this code

<form method="get" action="/search.php">
<div>
<input type="text" value="" name="q" size="30" onclick="this.value='';" />
<input type=submit value='Search' ">
</div>
</form>

and .htaccess of

RewriteRule ^search/(.*).html search.php?q=$1 [L]

 

Now, if typing "mysite.com/search/$q.html" it works perfectly as well as "mysite.com/search.php?q=$q"; but my problem is that

 

1. I expect redirecting to "mysite.com/search/$q.html" when typing "mysite.com/search.php?q=$q" (I mean on the browser url place).

 

2. More importantly, when searching something in the search box, it sends to "mysite.com/search.php?q=$q", but not "mysite.com/search/$q.html"

 

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