How to create pretty urls with .HTACCESS and INDEX.PHP

In your .htaccess file, add the following code:

[sourcecode lang=”plain”]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (.*) index.php [L]

[/sourcecode]

Now create an index.php with the following script:

[php]

//FUNCTION FOR GETTING PAGE

function parseURI(){

//DEFAULT VALUE – SET TO LOGIN PAGE WHICH LOADS LOGIN.PHP

$retval = ‘login’;

$uri = $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’];

if($uri !== ”){

$uri = explode(‘/’,$uri);

$length = count($uri);

if(isset($uri[$length – 1])){

$retval = $uri[$length – 1];

}

}

return $retval;

}

$currentUri = parseURI();

$file = $currentUri.".php";

//SEE IF FILE EXISTS

if(file_exists($currentUri.".php")){

//IF SO REQUIRE IT

require($currentUri.".php");

}else{

//OTHERWISE GO TO LOGIN

require(“login.php");

}

[/php]

Then create your url files in your project folder according to the pretty url. Example: localhost.com/testpage will attempt to find testpage.php and load it.