Mod rewrite question

[Kelicula]

I am trying to make the url change, and STAY that way.

I would like to change url's of this type:

[code]http://www.domain.com/someword/somenumber[/codel]

into...

http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/someword.cgi?id=somenumber

I have that working, but what if I want the url in the address bar to change to:

http://www.domain.com/someword/somenumber

AND STAY THAT WAY, while actually routing me to:

http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/someword.cgi?id=somenumber

Is this possible?
Is mod_rewrite what I need?
Or something else.

I have seen many sites that use Perl, that DO NOT have the cgi-bin/script.cgi format on their pages.

How do they do it?

[Markus]

Yes it is possible using rewriting.

Check out some of these results.

[Kelicula]

Alright man, thanks!!

I just had to remove the "R". For some reason I had the R=301 modifier.
So it would re route you to correct script, but it would change the url in browser too. Without the R, it leaves the url entered untouched.

Works great now!!

[Markus]

Alright man, thanks!!

I just had to remove the "R". For some reason I had the R=301 modifier.
So it would re route you to correct script, but it would change the url in browser too. Without the R, it leaves the url entered untouched.

Works great now!!

Yep, the R forces a Redirect.

Glad you got it working,

- mark.