Expert PHP programmer with URL rewriting experience

We have a Content management System that has been built in-house. We would like to use mod_rewrite to map our dynamic variable based URLs into “fake” static URLs, such that

www.mydomain.com/index.php?id=5

becomes something like

www.mydomain.com/home

Each object will be setup to have a URL name associated to it or one assigned to it. This value must be a short amount of text that meets the standards for URLs. They must also be unique because they will be used as the id for the object.

The mod rewrite will be able to take the URL and rewrite it into something that the system understands. The system will have to change the way it finds pages, since it uses an id number now. Due to the many places using the object_id, we will still keep these as the main id of the object, but will have an additional text id for URLs.

We must also take into consideration the various variables that can be sent through to objects with the URL. Some of these include modes, highlighting and other various variables.

It would be best if we can have it both ways as a backup since linking to URLs is throughout the system and will be hard to change all at once with complete assurance. There for, the mod_rewrite should attempt to make a match, but if it doesn’t, then send the URL onto the system. This also means the system will need to be setup to get URLs in both forms and process them.

We do not know much about URL rewrite, so we are looking for some expert advice.

Dear Sir,

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