[RESOLVED] URL Trick

[djdaz]

Hey

Just wondering if i need to change a setting in apache to make URLS that look like this www.url.com/djdaz really point to www.url.com/user.php=djdaz

Kinda like Myspace does.

Hopefully this can be achived with a bit of code...

Thanks

[devinemke]

mod_rewrite

[djdaz]

had a feeling it would be the mod_rewrite.

Is this the only way to do it? i don't have access to the servers apache config stuff.

[partypete]

Try activating mod_rewrite by placing it in an .htaccess file in your public_html folder.

[djdaz]

yeah i will do.

thanks peeps 🙂

[partypete]

In the .htaccess file you should have something like:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /user.php?user=$1

This should send:
http://www.domain.com/username
- to -
http://www.domain.com/user.php?user=username
Although the url will still read:
http://www.domain.com/username