Address bar help

[rajeesh_rsn]

Hi I am a php programmer. I found in some sites hide their page type . For eg:

www.some.com/lal?some=some&somemore=somemore.

insted of

www.some.com/lal.php?some=some&somemore=somemore.

Please help me How can i do that
Thanks
Rajeesh

[Will Gresham]

My guess would be that 'lal' is a directory, and the query string is for the default file in there.

So 'www.some.com/lal?some=some&somemore=somemore' would actually go to 'www.some.com/lal/index.php?some=some&somemore=somemore.'

Just a guess, I can't think of a site off the top of my head that uses this though, could possibly be a mod_rewrite, but I doubt it, possibly just sloppy coding.

[darkagn]

This is done in Apache server's .htaccess hidden file. If you google for information on how to change the settings in .htaccess you will find many examples.

[BzzBee]

yes it can be done by htaccess file. and i agree lal may be a directory and the parameters will go on index page.

[samarudge]

Lookup Mod_Rewrite (You would need it enabled on your server though so talk to your HP to see if they do this, most do)