Manipulando dados

URL :::: mvnp.com.br/minhalojanova

########## .htaccess ############

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)\/?$ index.php?url=$1 [NC,L]

########## index.php ############

$variavel 		= $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$nova 			= explode("/", $variavel);
$url_consulta 		= $nova[1];