how to create .htaccess file in PHP

[mukeshrasm]

Hello I want to create .htaccess file in PHP and for website why do we require to have this file. means what are the advantage if I create.

[Markus]

Hello I want to create .htaccess file in PHP and for website why do we require to have this file. means what are the advantage if I create.

.htaccess files are good for many things. One of the more notable possibilities with using .htaccess is the creation of 'pretty urls' where you take a url that looks like

www.somesite.com/?id=this&item=is&auth=now&p=pretty

Quite ugly, no? And change it into this:

www.somesite.com/this/is/now/pretty

Looks alot better, right?

This is all done with simple RewriteRule's

I've heard .htaccess files are pretty resource intensive though.. meaning theyre bandwidth hungry. Not sure about the credibility of this statement, though.

Hope this helps!

[mukeshrasm]

.htaccess files are good for many things. One of the more notable possibilities with using .htaccess is the creation of 'pretty urls' where you take a url that looks like

www.somesite.com/?id=this&item=is&auth=now&p=pretty

Quite ugly, no? And change it into this:

www.somesite.com/this/is/now/pretty

Looks alot better, right?

This is all done with simple RewriteRule's

I've heard .htaccess files are pretty resource intensive though.. meaning theyre bandwidth hungry. Not sure about the credibility of this statement, though.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the information. But how can I create .htaccess file

[Markus]

Thanks for the information. But how can I create .htaccess file

Create a file, any file, then save the file named as .htaccess

Simple.

[mukeshrasm]

Create a file, any file, then save the file named as .htaccess

Simple.

ok but how the url wil look like this

www.somesite.co m/this/is/now/pretty

as you have given example above.

[Markus]

ok but how the url wil look like this

www.somesite.co m/this/is/now/pretty

as you have given example above.

Well you need to create a rule inside the file.

Try a tutorial on rewriting