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Posted by Micah Kohne
Micah Kohne
45 Points

Clean URLs rewrite query string

Hello. I'm trying to redirect pages using mod rewrite, but doing so with text instead of numbers.

For instance, I need:

http://www.mysite.com/people.php?id=2 to be http://www.mysite.com/people/john-smith/

I know how to do this for existing pages, but would like an automated way to handle new pages in the future. The slug 'john-smith' is stored in the database for the particular page.

Can you help me out?

2 Answers

Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points
Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points

Hi Micah, this guide on mod rewrite should get you in the right direction.

Micah Kohne
Micah Kohne
45 Points
Micah Kohne
Micah Kohne
45 Points

Thanks, this looks like what I need. I will test it out, thanks for the quick reply.