rewrite to friendly urls php

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Rewriting an arbitrary number of path segments to query parameters

htaccess` rewrite but im not sure on how to rewrite multiple address gets

I developed a forum from scratch and would like to change

url = view_topic.php?cat=$cat&sub=$sub&tid=$tid

to say

view_topic.php?catname/subname/topicname

some help would be great

If you're going to rewrite urls, might as well get rid of that ugly `view_topic.php?` part too. — TheZ, Oct 12 '12 at 23:37
Have you used our search function? This question comes up hourly. http://stackoverflow.com/tags/mod-rewrite/info — mario, Oct 12 '12 at 23:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '12 at 23:43

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Have you tried something like this?

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^viewtopic/([a-z])/([a-z])/([a-z])$ viewtopic.php?cat=$1&sub=$2&tid=$3 [NC,L]

answered Oct 12 '12 at 23:43

Kai Qing

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