Apache friendly urls

Question

I\'ve got a small CMS system written in PHP and running on Apache. The format of the URLs this CMS system uses/generates is:

/display.php?PageID=xxx where xxx is ju

Answer 1

Another way is filter by a dynamic php file with a mapping for pages or a routing strategy like frameworks like drupal code igniter .... and your URL will be like my-pages/about.html -> display.php?PageID=44 my-pages/products.html -> display.php?PageID=34

and so on

Here a suggestion for .htaccess file and the filter the action with this strategy

--- .htaccess file ---- *RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^my-pages/(.).html$ MY-URL.php [QSA,L,E]

---------------- MY-URL.php ---------

<?php 

$PREFIX = 'my-pages/'; //--- not used 
$mapping=array(
        'about' => 44,
        'products' => 34
);
$pathinfo=   pathinfo( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] );
/*  $pathinfo['dirname']  ->  my-pages 
    $pathinfo['basename'] -> ???.html
    $pathinfo['extension']->  .html
*/
$page = substr( $pathinfo['basename'] ,0,-5);


if( isset( $mapping[$page] ){
         //  ---- redirect or include
         YUOR CODE HERE 
}  
else {
        //--- error 404
          YUOR CODE HERE  
}


?>

Answer 2

well putting something like

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^about$  ./display.php?PageID=44
RewriteRule ^products$ ./display.php?PageID=34

in your .htaccess-file shouldn't be the big deal I think...

Answer 3

URL Rewriting for Beginners is my favorite intro article to this, it should cover what you're looking for. In fact, the first actual example where you write a .htaccess file is almost identical to what you want.