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[nycphp-talk] mod_rewrite -- what's the big deal?

Richard Harding rharding at mitechie.com
Tue Oct 3 08:45:52 EDT 2006


Cliff Hirsch wrote:
> I’m confused by mod_rewrite
> 
> What is the point? What is the big deal?
> 
> Why is www.website.com/page/action/stuff/morestuff/
> 
> Better than
>
> www.website.com/page.php?action=something&id=#&....
> 
> What difference does it make? To me it mainly looks like a major 
> headache making all the queries written in PHP play nicely with mod_rewrite.

Ever tried reading an email like the second over the phone?

Rick



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