php _get _set _go! (Question)

[kobaj]

I'm programming a website and decided to pass variables through _Get. I have it working correctly, for example...

echo "<a href='" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?word=bird'>http://notarealwebsite.com/index.php?word=bird</a>";

and I can snag it,

$var = $_Get['word'];
echo "the $var is the word"; //ignore concat

However, when I click the first link, the URL shows up as

http://notarealwebsite.com/index.php?

I know the variable is being passed, and index.php reflects this and echos it on screen. But is there a setting, or something I can do, so the url will stay?

http://notarealwebsite.com/index.php?word=bird

Some extra info, using the latest Firefox and PHP 5.

 

[kobaj]

Figured it out!

Apache includes a module called mod_rewrite. Makes the url like this

http://notarealwebsite.com/index.php/bird/

Which works for me!