How does the profile display system work?

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PHP

Good evening!
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We have a social network in which people are registered, each has an id / nickname.
To open a profile, we use the profile.php file, that is, we get something like profile.php? id=1. How does such a scheme work and how can it be implemented through ModRewrite (am I right that only he is needed here?)?
How can I do with ModRewrite the option when profiles open at the address of the form site.ru/users/nickname?
Thanks for answers!

Answer 1

In your case it would be something like

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^users/(.*)$ profile.php?id=$1 [L]

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