How to do permalink

I have a problem on my lawyer search page.

i want

http://local-lawyer-directory.com/info.php?id=12

PHP:

to look more like

http://local-lawyer-directory.com/country-name of law company

PHP:

 

you need to make htaccess file to pass permalink to real php file
like
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^country-(.*)\$ info.php?id=$1 [L]

for more information about htaccess file check
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html

 

To make it work by name of law company you will have to edit the php file to read from the DB using name not the id number.

 

Now i get two diffrent answers who got the real answer?

 

Both solution will work, but in a different way.

Changing the htaccess will allow you to have links that look like:
http://local-lawyer-directory.com/country-name of law company

The second solution given would look like:
http://local-lawyer-directory.com/info.php?name=country-name of law company

Both valid solutions, the first one's maybe a little prettier, and the second a little easier to accomplish.

Hope that helps!

 

htaccess since i am a noob on htaccess is that correct? Should i use the one in the root folder to make this happen?

 

Not a real htaccess expert either.. but http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks might shed some light on the issue. The article's about how wordpress uses this trick... but goes into pretty good detail. A google search should help you find some more info. Good luck!

 

If some one can give me the correct code i am willing to pay give $5 so i do not have to guess

 

Well You Can Use this .htaccess code

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule country-name/$ /info.php?id=12

Code (markup):

Change the country-name part as per ur needs

 

You Can Use this .htaccess code

 

well so i need to add one for each country? since i have all countries?

 

yes ... you can try.. this process

 

Yes un less u have individual countries in ur databese then i think it possible to do it automatically

 

un less u have individual countries ?

 

Can u tell me how is ur databese structure from where the country name is pulled out