How to treat a GET like it's a page

[sneaks]

How do you go about setting the server up so when yo call a php page it is in this format:

http://www.example.com/site_section/requested_page/

but from the way i understand it, 'requested_page' is actually a GET variable that calls the data (probably from a DB) so i guess you dont actually see the name of the php page that is displayed. it just looks like its all folders...

i like it, what is this concept called?

thanks!
jd

[edited by: dreamcatcher at 7:04 am (utc) on April 14, 2008]
[edit reason] Use example.com, thanks. [/edit]

[MattAU]

That's called URL rewriting - [en.wikipedia.org...]

It's fairly straight forward using .htaccess on an Apache server. There's 100s of sites with info on how to do it.

[henry0]

Not to mention many threads and helps here and in Apache server [webmasterworld.com]

[jatar_k]

this is a good thread to start with
An Introduction to Redirecting URLs on an Apache Server [webmasterworld.com]

[sneaks]

solid. all i needed was the terminology!

thx for the help! sorry it ended up in the wrong topic

snx