If the server receives a request for /some/dir/foo and /some/dir/foo does not exist, then the server reads the directory looking for all files named foo.*, and effectively fakes up a type map which names all those files, assigning them the same media types and content-encodings it would have if the client had asked for one of them by name. It then chooses the best match to the client's requirements, and returns that document. [/I]
@decibelSep 10.2007 — #The use of mod_rewrite, as the tutorial explains, allows you to use one file (index.php) to configure your page framework... this is very powerful once you understand it well.
I use it to dispatch page objects from the url, process my php logic code, and then display a page by executing $smarty templates.
