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#1: Jan 12 '09
there is a way to change the name of a file ,and the file will act the same?

insead of product.php?id=123

to
sale.php?id=123

thanx

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#2: Jan 16 '09

re: htaccess

Sure, you can do that using mod_rewrite.

Soemething like this should do it:
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  1. RewriteEngine on
  2. RewriteRule ^sales.php$ product.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
See the documentation for details on how to customize that.
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