url redirect with same url in addressbar

[sanjaykattimani]

I read numerous pages on WebmasterWorld but none helped me completely.
i have kg.php in root folder that serves all pages by taking an argument.
i have various folders (dummy) with argument passed on that needs to be redirected to kg.php
Eg.

/birthday/flowers-dance
should be converted to
kg.php?c=birthday&g=flowers-dance

AND

this redirection should not be shown on browser (should be hidden from user and search engines)

is this possible.

[Slade]

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type: mod_rewrite

[sanjaykattimani]

Here is what i tried

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^father(.*)$ ./kannada-greeting.php?g=$1 [L]

Here is what happens
Case 1.
/father-ji
it works fine as expected.

Case 2.
/father/ji
This spoils the page with css, images missing(as it considers father as a directory/folder.

Any work arounds?
I have tried RewriteRule ^father/(.*)$ ./kannada-greeting.php?g=$1 [L]
Which doesnt work either.

[g1smd]

URLs derived from links to CSS and images are resolved by the browser and so links to those should specify the full path starting with a / and including the full path to the file, like /images/someimage.jpg

As for your redirects and rewrites, this other thread shows the full process, which you need to understand before making changes to your server configuration: [webmasterworld.com...]

You need the redirects as well as the rewrites, otherwise both URLs continue to work, and both will be indexed by search engines as Duplicate Content.