Options -MultiViews 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
Options -Indexes
DirectoryIndex default.php    

RewriteRule ^$  welcome/default.php       

</IfModule>

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php56” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php56 .php .php5 .phtml
</IfModule>