Twitter like user directory

[TylerDiaz]

I have googled it and tried finding how it is done, but not much luck. So i come asking fellow php developers.

 

You know how on twitter and a couple of other sites when you register you get a custom directory according to your registered username? How is that acomplished?

[Daniel0]

One solution would be to use mod_rewrite:

 

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)$ profile.php?username=$1

 

Check out the documentation for a more elaborate explanation of how it works.

 

It's sort of the same thing we've done here: http://www.phpfreaks.com/profile/Daniel0. We just put /profile in front of the username. It's not really a directory, but the URL is rewritten to another URL that exists.

[TylerDiaz]

One solution would be to use mod_rewrite:

 

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)$ profile.php?username=$1

 

Check out the documentation for a more elaborate explanation of how it works.

 

It's sort of the same thing we've done here: http://www.phpfreaks.com/profile/Daniel0. We just put /profile in front of the username. It's not really a directory, but the URL is rewritten to another URL that exists.

 

Hmm i seem to be understanding the concept. Think you can provide a bit more indepth of an explination? Do i modify the .htaaccess and add the code there or?