Search Engine Friendly URLs with mod_rewrite and templates
May 27, 2008 | 1 comments | 4 Pages
Introduction
You see them all over the internet, search engine friendly URLs are becoming very popular. There are a couple ways to achieve a search engine friendly URL but the easiest way to implement them is to use mod_rewrite in your .htaccess file. In this tutorial you will learn how to read and call a search engine friendly URL on your website using a gateway type template script.
Prerequisites
If you are here I am assuming you have a fair to moderate understanding of PHP and .htaccess.
Requirements
In order for this to work your server must allow the RewriteEngine to be executed in your .htaccess file. Some free hosts disable this feature for security.
· Keywords: search engine friendly urls, mod_rewrite, templates
