how to hide the id in url using .htaccess in php

[ramrahila]

in php with mysql

i am having an url as www.domainname.com/products.php?name=harddisk


i want to change this url as
www.domainname.com/item/harddisk

for all the products using .htaccess

[r035198x]

Read http://zenverse.net/seo-friendly-urls-with-htaccess/

[Niheel]

First, you need a web server that allow you to do rewrites. For example, Apache Web Server with the mod_rewrite module.

In your .htaccess file in the root direct you can use one of the follow basic rewrite instructions.

A rewrite that will accept all characters after the forward slash:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^item/(.*)?$ /products.php?name=$1

If you'd like to restrict the characters for item to letters & numbers you can use the following

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^item/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /products.php?name=$1

[gurumoorthi]

your html link:

<a href="www.example.com/item/harddisk">Hard disk</a>

Your .htaccess

RewriteRule ^item/(.*)$ products.php?name=$1

Your products.php

$name=$_GET['name']