RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    # Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index.php [NC]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/system/.* [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*?)index.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

    # Directs all EE web requests through the site index file
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^project/([^/]*)$ /project/index.php?p=$1&u=123&l=k [L, QSA]

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

$uri_asked = explode("/", $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

$uri_asked[3]="project";
$uri_asked[4]="settings";

include("www.domain.com/index.php?p=".$uri_asked[3]."&u=".$uri_asked[4]);

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php?p=([^&s]+) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/system/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*?)index.php$ /$1%1? [R=301,NE,L]