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. Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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