Changing PHP file name

[graham23s]

Hi Guys,

 

I'm sorry if this is the wrong section, what i am trying to so is:

 

currently all my products on my ecommerce site look like:

 

productid=1234

 

i was trying to change it so the actual product name is show:

 

product-name-for-id-1234

 

is there any tutorials on how i would best go about this?

 

thanks for any help guys

 

Graham

[wildteen88]

Your not making much sense. You need to explain yourself more clearly

[jackpf]

Do you mean mod rewrite?

[graham23s]

Hi Wild,

 

I meant to change this type of URL:

 

product.php?id=5

 

to:

 

product-name.html

 

so the URL's are more SEO friendly.

 

thanks mate

 

Graham

[jackpf]

Yeah, that's mod rewrite

[wildteen88]

This is archived by mod_rewrite. However it cannot convert your product ids to your actual product names. You'll have to modify your script so it works like so

 

product.php?id=product_name_here

 

Now with mod_rewrite you can do

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+).html$ product.php?id=$1

So when you go to http://yoursite.com/product_name.html it'll actually be calling product.php?id=product_name

 

mod_rewrite tutorial

[graham23s]

Hi Guys,

 

thanks for that i understand better now, the way my site is setup i use id's like:

 

product.php?id=1

 

instead of the actual product name like:

 

product.php?id=product_name_here

 

Does that make it any harder for me, or does the same basic rules apply like above?

 

thanks guys

 

Graham