Is it possible to REWRITE a URL without htaccess file?

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Is it possible to shorten a url without using htaccess file?
for example I have this url. 

this/is/a/very/long/url.php

change to

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short/url.php

I hope I can get good answer THX guys:)

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  1. yes, mostly used in frameworks

    an approach called using a front controller

    ex: your front controller is index.php

    your page links are generated as a fashion of …/index.php/nything/url.php

    but the actual link is …/this/is/long/url.php

    the front controller extract the page information the client requested and show the relevant page related to it

    read more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Controller_pattern

  2. This is a good question, there are multiple options however the .htaccess file is probably your best bet.

    this SO post describes it

    Handling the url rewriting serverside is key here since it will be much faster to execute and will not break your script when used on some URL’s.

    so http://www.yourdomain.com/test/4/twenty/long/url/could/be/shorter/

    all the arguments after http://www.yourdomain.com, can be retrieved via various PHP methods, including reading up on PHP’s $_SERVER would be a good idea, as lots of variables are placed in that global array.

  3. mod_rewrite is part of Apache, so it needs to be configured in Apache config. .htaccess actually Apache “live” config “per directory”.

    In general the best way ( I think) to rewrite urls is to rewrite everything to one file, let’s say index.php and then “redirect” to specific file basing on URL. You can read a lot about “URL routing” in PHP on the web.

  4. You can use this code in Javascript for rewriting current URL:

    if (location.href.indexOf("this/is/a/very/long/url.php") > -1)
  location.assign(location.href.replace(/this/is/a/very/long/(url.php)/, "short/$1"));