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Feb 25th, 2009

How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

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Hello...
Good Morning All...

How to hide all query strings in my url and here i can't use hidden variables for these all because in all times i couldn't send them with form submission..And my page is having four query strings to be sent...

If any body have any clues or information about this...
Please i request you to place here...

Thanks in Advance...
Shanti.

Last edited by Shanti C; Feb 25th, 2009 at 12:43 am.

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Feb 25th, 2009

Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

Do you meen something like sessions. Sessions will allow you to pass variables between pages and are very simple to use. Simple place at the very top of your pages that use sessions the following code:

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<?
session_start();
<?
session_start();

Then below is an example of how to use the session array:

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<?
session_start();
 
$_SESSION['variable_name']='apple';
$_SESSION['testing']='orange'.
?>
<a href='page2.php'>Page 2</a>
<?
session_start();

$_SESSION['variable_name']='apple';
$_SESSION['testing']='orange'.
?>
<a href='page2.php'>Page 2</a>

Then page2.php

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<?
session_start();
 
echo $_SESSION['variable_name'];
echo " is different to a ";
echo $_SESSION['testing'];
?>
<?
session_start();

echo $_SESSION['variable_name'];
echo " is different to a ";
echo $_SESSION['testing'];
?>

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Feb 26th, 2009

Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

No...
thanks for your quick reply...

Is it possible with rewriting concept...

And one more thing..
should i use only one .htaccess file to access all of my folders in mysite.. And how to use rewrite conditions..

Thanks in advance...

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Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

You could just use form method POST

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Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

checkout the apache.org mod_rewrite tutorials

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Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

thanks for all inputs..
Any more clear information about this????

I am struggling about this....

Last edited by Shanti C; Feb 26th, 2009 at 5:56 am.

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Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

Well I just don't see how it is possible to use a htaccess file to hide the url info unless you have a dedicated virtual file for each possible input variable.

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Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

unless you have a dedicated virtual file for each possible input variable. Means???

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Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

means for each possible hidden value, there would need to be a different file path.

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Re: How to hide query string in url with .htaccess

Rewrite rules don't actually hide the query string. Rewrite rules pretty much convert seo friendly urls into the actual query string.
Example .htaccess:

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RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ([^/\.]+)/?.html$ viewPage.php?ID=$1 [L]
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ([^/\.]+)/?.html$ viewPage.php?ID=$1 [L]

The above rewrite rule will allow you to do something like this:
url reads: yoursite.com/DaniWeb.html
apache interprets as: yoursite.com/viewPage.php?ID=DaniWeb
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<?php
$id=$_GET['ID'];
echo $id;
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<?php
$id=$_GET['ID'];
echo $id;
?>

will output DaniWeb.

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