.htaccess

[Nikitaa]

Hello

In your URL Shortener tutorial you demonstrate how to use .htaccess to make urls smaller but I can't get htaccess to work on lamp

Is there any command for that or something ?

Thank you

[jacek]

In what way does it not work ?

[Nikitaa]

It Doesn't shorten the uurl's and by the moment i create it the file becomes hidden and i have to crtl+h to see it
This is the code I have in the htaccess :

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)$ go.php?key=$1

[jacek]

i create it the file becomes hidden and i have to crtl+h to see it

That is normal, the . at the start of the name means hidden to most OSs

It Doesn't shorten the uurl's

What does it do ? When you browse to http://thing.com/key what do you get ?

[Nikitaa]

It Just says invalid key .

Htaccess worked in your lamp server from the start ?

[jacek]

Well that sounds like it is working

Try doing

echo $_GET['key'];

and see what you get ?

[Nikitaa]

It's Working , nevermind

Thabk you

[jacek]

Hurray !