Want to change URL pattern

Question

These days, I\'ve seen a URL pattern like this:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/How-to-do

Not a usual and old one like this:

Answer 1

URL Rewriting can be achieved with PHP on Apache using the Apache mod_rewrite plugin and a rule definitions placed in a .htaccess file. Here's a guide.

On Tomcat 6 there is a popular URL rewriting utility called UrlRewrite.

Answer 2

What you want is Apache's mod_rewrite

Check this out: apache.org