how to get a short valid url

Question

example url:

view.php?theme=1&id=5

On some blogs I see the following

view/1/5

or - view.php/1/5

I suppose once the above url is in address bar, the common way to get theme and id variable is using php explode function, but how to get this as a valid address.

If I write <a href = 'view/1/5'></a> - this is not a valid href.

Any help?

Possible duplicate of [Reference: mod\_rewrite, URL rewriting and "pretty links" explained](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20563772/reference-mod-rewrite-url-rewriting-and-pretty-links-explained) — Marcin Orlowski, Mar 24 '19 at 18:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '19 at 19:00

You will need to implement rewriteRule in your .htaccess file in the directory where your php files resides.

Something like

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ view.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ view.php?id=$1

On your php you will have something like

<a href = "view/$id'></a>

or

<a href = "/$id'></a>

Always remember to shut down apachae and restart it for it to take effect

how to get a short valid url

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