Mod - Rewrite Question

[Ed Oliver]

Hi All you php people

I have a question if anyone could help with the answer there a brownnie point

When a mod-rewrite is done where are the words picked up from ie
http://www.thesitebox.com/shopWebSit...Page.php?cat=4
should read something like thesitebox.com/power_tools/4 or what ever

Is the code replaced by the page title or h1 header or something like that or does it work in a complete diffrent way.

Any info will be of a help just so I can understand a little of how it works.

Thanks

Ed

[jimz]

Do you mean where does the text after the question mark come from in the URL?

Like in:
http://www.thesitebox.com/shopWebSit...howCatPage.php?cat=4183If you make some links such as
<a href="www.abc.com.index.php?cheeseType=cheddar>Che ddar</a>
<a href="www.abc.com.index.php?cheeseType=swiss>Swiss </a>
<a href="www.abc.com.index.php?cheeseType=goat>Goat</a>

Then you can use...

$varTypeOfCheese= $_GET('cheeseType');

So you can set a variable that is passed throught the URL

So in your php code you could write...
echo "You like $varTypeOfCheese the best!";
and $varTypeOfCheese would be equal to whataver link they clicked on.

Hope this helped!