Question

I am trying to put something in my .htaccess file that will allow me to change the following URL:

http://www.mysite.com/profile?user=theuser

To something like:

http://www.mysite.com/profile/theuser

But in the page, still be able to do something like:

echo $_GET['user']; // echos "theuser"

Is this possible? How would I do this?

NOTE: I am trying to get the URL in the address bar to show http://www.mysite.com/profile/theuser

Answer 1

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(profile)/(theuser)/?$ $1?user=$2 [L,QSA,NC]