Permalinks with PHP/MySQL

[sirugo]

I have a created a quite simple script that builds permalinks, using PHP/MySQL.

Yes, I know that it is normally done by altering the htaccess-file, but my host does not provide it.

 

This works for me, but my question is if it's SEO-friendly.

 

Here goes:

 

1. I have a MySQL-table with all the pages on my site, indexed of course.

 

2. The database also contains most of the text that will be displayed on the pages. So... I don't have many static pages... but most of them are dynamic. Each page is connected to a manually created permalink string in the table.

 

For example: a page about "fast cars" may have id = 32. The permalink added is "fast-cars"

 

3. I have a php-script that reads the index of a page, fetches the permalink and then creates a folder with the name "fast-cars". It also creates a php-file in that folder (index.php) with the code:

 

 

<?php

header('Location: http://www.mysite.com/page.php?ix=32');

?>

 

So the "good looking" permalinked url calls a header with the "ugly" url.

 

This means that I can use permalinks wherever I want to and no one notices that there are dynamic pages running in the background.

 

Any drawbacks?

SEO-friendly?

[vinny42]

 

This means that I can use permalinks wherever I want to and no one notices that there are dynamic pages running in the background.

[sirugo]

I just contacted them and they DO have the htaccess file available.

I never saw it because it can only be found when I search it with my ftp client. It's not visible otherwise.

I didn't know that...

So now I can use the correct method.

 

Thanks!