vikram12345 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi people. This problem may be a stupid one. I'm totally new @ this. Okay, here I go. I'm coding this PHP website, where every page is loaded by accepting values through the URL. Eg. -> xyz.com/view_content.php?id=1234&limit=674 The entire theme of the page changes everytime I enter id and limit values. Is there any way I could reduce the URL to a shorter one like xyz.com/cool-blue OR xyz.com/eternal-red . so when a user types one of these it points to xyz.com/view_content.php?id=1234&limit=674 or something else. MY AIM is to store these values in a SQL table. Also the final URL should not be visible in the address bar. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/275605-url-shortening/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectorialpx Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 If you did not know, there is an Apache module, named `Mod Rewrite` and if it's activated you may rewrite your URLs very easy. All you have to do is to create a .htaccess file on your server and add some rules. Check https://www.google.com/search?q=rewrite+rules+examples+guide and you'll get the idea. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/275605-url-shortening/#findComment-1418393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikram12345 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Looks a little deep. Is there not an easier way ?. I just want lengthy URLs with variables to 'look' small and short. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/275605-url-shortening/#findComment-1418395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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