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Tired of URLs that look like this? http://www.mysite.com?page=index&action=show&eyes=explode
Want URLs like this? http://www.mysite.com/show/love
It's really quite easy to do as long as you have access to the .htaccess file which should be in your public directory (it might be hidden in your file manager).
Simply add this to the .htaccess file:
What that is telling your web server to do is that everytime someone visits your web url of, e.g. "mysite.com/page1" it will load: "index.php?page=page1", but it won't show that terribly long and ugly URL.
You can then deal with the actual content of the page in the PHP in the "index.php" file by using the $_GET['page'] variable to determine what to show. (It doesn't have to be called "page", it could be whatever you like. You just treat it as you would a normal $_GET[] variable sent in the url).
It's called a Mod ReWrite and you can find more information about them here: Clicky
This section is new and undergoing snippet addition, as of 13/6/11
Clean URLs
Tired of URLs that look like this? http://www.mysite.com?page=index&action=show&eyes=explode
Want URLs like this? http://www.mysite.com/show/love
It's really quite easy to do as long as you have access to the .htaccess file which should be in your public directory (it might be hidden in your file manager).
Simply add this to the .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1
What that is telling your web server to do is that everytime someone visits your web url of, e.g. "mysite.com/page1" it will load: "index.php?page=page1", but it won't show that terribly long and ugly URL.
You can then deal with the actual content of the page in the PHP in the "index.php" file by using the $_GET['page'] variable to determine what to show. (It doesn't have to be called "page", it could be whatever you like. You just treat it as you would a normal $_GET[] variable sent in the url).
It's called a Mod ReWrite and you can find more information about them here: Clicky
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