Hi, as a newbe i am trying to understand the way URL rewrite works.
I can use .htaccess to rewrite an URL.
But as soon as the visitor is directed to the appropiate URL the actual (unfriendly) URL is shown in his browser.
Conclusion: URL rewrite in .htaccess only translates user-friendly URLs into URLs that work on the server. When the visitor arrives at
the URL (and if he follows other links) he still sees the unfriendly URLs with xxx.php?id=123 etc.
There are several options to change a numeric ID into a name/title. One of them is to use a script file (script.php). This should translate
the name/title and finds the associated ID and then showing the correct page.
I don't know how to do that and if that solves the problem of showing the friendly URL in the browser.
Can anyone help me or link me to a tutorial where this is explained step-by-step ?
It would be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
RDuno