Is it better to handle friendly/clean/pretty URLs with mod_rewrite or a language like PHP?

Question

I\'m developing my first decent-sized PHP site, and I\'m a bit confused about what the \"right way\" (assuming there ever is such a thing) to handle clean/friendly/pretty URLs i

Answer 1

Clean pretty URLs appear to be provided by PHP-script-based popular content management system Drupal using a combination of modrewrite rules in .htaccess and plug-in PHP Drupal modules such as path and pathauto.

Given the success and popularity of this tool - and its ability to run on the most modest of shared hosting, I think this would be your answer.