Re: IMDb - How it works?

apache rewrite rules can do this... They redirect Title?* to a server side file that looks like /blah.php?Title=* Kind Regards, Chris Knipe MegaLAN Corporate Networking Services Tel: +27 21 854 7064 Cell: +27 72 434 7582 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randum Ian" <ian@danceportal.co.uk> To: "PHP" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:07 PM Subject: [PHP] IMDb - How it works? > Hi there, > > I am very interested in how the IMDb site works. For example: > > http://uk.imdb.com is the basic URL > > http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0068646 is the URL for a film (this > example is The > Godfather) > > http://uk.imdb.com/Details?0068646 is the URL for the film > details... > > http://uk.imdb.com/Credits?0068646 is the URL for the film > credits... > > and so on. > > How do they do this? do they have a page called "Title" and no variable name > assigned? I think this would be a great way of linking if only I could know > how it works. Any help much appreciated! > > Ian. > --- > Randum Ian > DJ / Reviewer / Webmaster, DancePortal (UK) Limited > ian@danceportal.co.uk > http://www.danceportal.co.uk > DancePortal.co.uk - Global dance music media > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >