Change mysite.com/?ref= to mysite.com/username

[mpbabaji]

I use a PHP script with HTML pages for a site.

I want to change/display the url's for the site members:

From: http://mysite.com/?ref=

To: http://mysite.com/username

I googled many times and couldn't find a solution.

Pl help me how to do this.

[Kudose]

You want to search for mod_rewrite

I couldn't find a good example on the forum and I don't have time to write one now, but there are lots of examples on how to use mod_rewrite. Shouldn't be hard now that you know the term you need to search on.

[mpbabaji]

Thanks Kudose..

I searched for mod_rewrite and found SO MANY unique confusing solutions.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^{([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)$} user.php?username=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/$ user.php?username=$1

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^{([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\/?$} profile.php?username=$1

I'm using a PHP script for Affiliates using url's with "id" as:

                   [url]http://mysite.com/?ref=53[/url]

But i want to display the urls with "username"as:

                   [url]http://mysite.com/username[/url]

The url used to display in my script is: http://{program_url}/?ref={userid}
And i want to put this url in my script: http://{program_url}/{name}

I don't have a .htaccess file in public.html
What should i use to Rewrite Engine in .htaccess

Thanks in advance.

[mpbabaji]

This is the url displayed when i click "Home"

https://mysite.com/index.php?ref=55

Thank you.