Page names

[NightShift]

G'day everyone,

I have a curiosity question. I'm totally new to server-side scripting and I'm curious, the few PHP pages I've created have all had 'standard' names like website.com.au/pagename.php
Lately I've seen more and more pages all with names like website.com.au/?cmd=something&more=html

Can someone explain to me the difference with the two naming conventions. Is the ?= type name just server generated name. Is the ?= a better way to go is it more convenient or better way of scripting?

I don't know if this is the right forum to ask this, but can someone give me an example of a script that uses the ?= naming and how it's done.

Thanks.

[bike5]

It has to do with mod rewrite in htaccess files most likely. They rewrite the url into the programmed format and send it back to one php file that handle the request. Here is a little example guide on it: A Beginner's Guide to URL Rewriting