no php file entension in the URL...how?

[TempleDMDKrazd]

so im browsing a few websites and i see either

 

http://someurl.com/somepage/blah/

 

and i know its a php page

 

being "somepage.php" and "blah" being the variable to get $_GET

 

or

 

http://www.someurl.com/somepage?blah

 

 

how do people do this or is there a tutorial online?

 

thanks

[wildteen88]

This is achieved by using mod_rewrite.

[lemmin]

If you just type the directory, the web server will look for a default file name like index.php. In that case you can use the url as though index.php were in it: http://someurl.com/somepage/blah/?blah=1

 

The second one you mentioned would be a little bit different and probably is done using htaccess rewrite rules: http://corz.org/serv/tricks/htaccess2.php

[Jabop]

mod rewrite