Question

Hi i have come across some urls of the type "http://localhost/jsfweb/cat/query/" where query is a string that will return some results from a mysql database. I am familiar with urls of the type "http://localhost/jsfweb/cat.php?query=query" how can i use those urls with php?

Answer 1

Use modrewrite

You do something like this:
Inside a file named ‘.htaccess’

Options +FollowSymlinks
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /php/eclipse/ShiftPlus2/

#forbidden area
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} index\.php
#RewriteRule ^index\.php$                               http://localhost/php/eclipse/ShiftPlus2/?   [R=301]

#unique case
RewriteRule ^email$ email.html [L]

#general case
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_]*)/?$                                    index.php?query=$1                   [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-z]+)/?$                           index.php?query=$1&action=$2          [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_]+)/(-?\d+)/?$                            index.php?query=$1&id=$2              [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-z]+)/(-?\d+)/?$                   index.php?query=$1&action=$2$id=$3   [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_]+)/(\w+)/?$                              index.php?query=$1&special=$2         [L]

#RewriteRule ^index.php$ login [R]

Where on the left side, there is a Rewrite rule with a regular expression and on the right, this is the real link like you know.