Search engine friendly URLs with mod_rewrite
Say for instance you are making a web hosting site want the url http://www.mod_rewrite.dom/something.php?page=12&category=hosting to pass variables back to a php script.
Say for instance you are making a web hosting site want the url http://www.mod_rewrite.dom/something.php?page=12&category=hosting to pass variables back to a php script.
It helps if the standard annoys everyone in some way so everyone feels they are on the same playing field. The proposal here has evolved over many projects, many companies, and literally a total of many weeks spent arguing. It is no particular person's style and is certainly open to local amendments.
(More)Here's a tutorial on installing PHP under windows to your local machine/testing server:
Download the latest Windows installer (I used 4.3.4) from http://www.php.net/downloads.php and save to a convenient loacation.
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