Change URL Address make short in PHP

Question

I have Url as:

localhost/ab/directory.php?id=200

id=200 is jenny id member

how to change it to

localhost/ab/jenny

is possible?

Thanks

Pearman

Welcome to StackOverflow. Great first question! – Barnyard

What webserver you are on? Apache or IIS? – Insolvable

How come everyone assume that he is on Apache? – Insolvable

@Nirmal: Because his script is named directory.php. – Discuss

Answer 1

You'll want to use mod_rewrite, a module available in apache. This will be managed by an .htaccess file within your web directory. AddedBytes has a nice tutorial for beginners on url-rewriting.

See: http://www.addedbytes.com/for-beginners/url-rewriting-for-beginners/

Barnyard

this link is broken – Mopes

Answer 2

You can do this in at least 2 different ways:

• Use mod_rewrite for Apache to map the SEO friendly URL to your querystring based URL.
• Make /ab a php script that inspects the PATH_INFO to retrieve /jenny. You'll have to configure Apache to treat scripts with no extension as php scripts for this to work.

Discuss

i interest for ponit 2. 'localhost/ab/directory.php?id=200', sorry 'ab' is my project. sample: i have home.php, in home.php i call localhost/ab/directory.php?id=200 using href. and then i wan to direct to directory.php, but i want to change in address bar be 'localhost/ab/jenny'. in directory.php, only get jenny and call mysql to get detail name,address, etc. Can you give sample for point 2, sorry my english bad.thank you – Pearman

@Iwan: I'm sorry, in order for option 2 to work, /ab would have to be an actual php script, not a directory as it is in your case. I suggest you go with option 1 as it is the more widely practiced and accepted of the 2 approaches. – Discuss

ok. i am so interest your option 2.but my site is running. any problem if i do that? can you give sample for my problem..please.. thank you. – Pearman

@Iwan: See the link in @Jonathan Sampson's answer. – Discuss

Answer 3

Check This: http://www.wmtips.com/apache/how-use-mod-rewrite-url-rewriting.htm

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