How do I use slashes with query parameters?

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I know it's very possible to have www.website.com/stuff/2 instead of www.website.com/stuff/page?=2 for page 2 of "stuff". How would I go about doing that though? I do not know what to search for.

Edit to say that I am using PHP and $_GET to get the parameters. This is so widely used so I didn't think it would be very difficult.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '13 at 00:02

There are 3 common ways:

Rewrite the URL internally from .../2 to .../?page=2.
Use the "path info" mechanism of your web language. A script at /stuff/index.xyz would have a path info of 2 with the given URL.
Have the web program capture all URLs and use routing to determine which function to call and what values to pass it.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 09 '13 at 23:59

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It all depends on what you're using.

PHP ? I believe you're looking for apache .htaccess URL Rewriting

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '13 at 01:38

Yes it is very much possible with a simple mod_rewrite rule in your .htaccess. Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule ^(stuff)/([^/]+)/?$ /$1.php?page=$2 [L,QSA,NC]

How do I use slashes with query parameters?

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