mod_rewrite - how to rewrite an URL?

Question

Is there a way to rewrite an URL like

http://mydomain.com/getProduct.php?id=1&mode=simple

in

http://mydomain.com/products/1/simple

using mod_rewrite in Apache2?

Answer 1

RewriteRule /products/([0-9]+)/([a-z]+) /getProduct.php?id=$1&mode=$2

For more information search google for mod_rewrite tutorials.