Rewriting URLs -- problem

I am trying to rewrite my PHP URLs from something like this:

www.mywebsite1234.com?p=contact
or www.mywebsite1234.com?p=page2

to

www.mywebsite1234.com/contact.htm
or www.mywebsite1234.com/page2.htm (etc.)

The following .htaccess code was recommended to me but it's not working. I
read some more tutorials and I can't figure out what the problem is. Anyone
have any ideas?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+)(\.htm)$ index.php?p=$1 [L]


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