What is mod rewrite how to use in php?

Question

What is mod rewrite how to use in php?

Answer 1

I think it depends if you are hosting your site or if your site is hosted in a shared server. When your site is hosted independently, you can chane it in the .ini file.

However if your site is in a shared server, you can create it in your .htaccess file.

Just research further.

Answer 2

mod_rewrite is an apache module totally transparent to PHP. This means it is used by the http server while PHP doesn't know anything about it.

mod_rewrite is often used to "rewrite" (duh?) the URIs in a more user (and search engine) friendly way, such as transforming:

http: //got.it/index.php ? module=email&action=send

to:

http: //got.it/email/send/

leaving intact the PHP program.