first of all i have to say i'm a complete newbie so please be gentle! i'm trying to search engine optimise my urls which are in the format: http://www.domain.com/download.php?something+really+long+messy+here&q=something&sa=Search PHP: to http://www.domain.com/download/q=something PHP: any help appreciated, many thanks
I can't ascertain your exact issue with mod_rewrite, so I'll assume this was a general survey question. I'll try to be kind and answer, but if you had googled "mod_rewrite" you would have had access to these resources as well ..just an fyi- Most people won't reply to these types of posts because it comes off as if your first course of action was to post a question in a forum rather than do a little bit of leg work yourself. ....well, the forum won't let me post live links yet *sigh* ...bear with me http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/rewrite_guide.html URL Rewriting Guide - Apache HTTP Server http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html mod_rewrite - Apache HTTP Server Note that this is the one you probably want, but you'll want to read the other ones too if you get the time. http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/136 Making prettier URLs with mod_rewrite