I want to change my url :
items.php?category=all&page=2
Into :
items/all/2
I understand that I am able to do this using mod_rewrite. What i want to know is after using mod_rewrite, am i able to use
<a href="items/all/2">
or do i still have to use
<a href="items.php?category=all&page=2">
I want to be able to use the first one. If it can't be done using mod_rewrite, what other ways can I achieve this result?
You can use mod_rewrite for this and after that you can use string like this <a href="items/all/2"> in your code, try using below rule.
Note that it is rewriting not redirecting so your link above will processed as <a href="items.php?category=all&page=2"> inside apache.
Put below rule in .htaccess file inside your root directory.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule ^([\w]+)\([\w]+)\([\w]+)$ $1.php?category=$2&page=$3 [QSA,L]
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule
Indeed to get nicer looking URLs, you can use mod_rewrite. Using this kind of rule in your .HTACCESS file:
RewriteRule ^voitures/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ /vehicules.php?gamme=$1 [L]
Allows you to access example.com/vehicules.php?gamme=xyz via example.com/voitures/xyz
