Accessing a web url without using a folder in Apache

[fatihsen]

I have a web site, lets say it is www.example.com

What I want to do is to have username right after the url: for example:

www.example.com/fatihshen

the username "fatihshen" is coming from database, it is not a folder. I am using php, apache, and Linux.

I would appreciate for any help. Thanks.

[NogDog]

Sounds like a job for Apache's mod_rewrite. In your .htaccess file, it would be something like (I say "something" because I've not tested it and don't claim to be an Apache guru):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+$ index.php?id=$0

Then in index.php you would use the value in $_GET['id'] to determine the user and generate the user-specific data from the DB accordingly.

Try some googling on things like "apache mod_rewrite tutorial" for lots and lots of info.

[fatihsen]

Thanks a lot for this info NogDog. I will try this and hope it works.