Yahoo does not allow .htaccess files on their servers. How can I create/write the following in php? (or any other way for that matter)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]{2})/(.*)$ websitetranslator/index.php?lang=$1&url=$2 [L]

I am not a progammer, but I'm working on it! Thanks

sorry this trick is not posible with php

fxjox ... when a user enters an addres like http://www.blahblah.com/blahblahpage.php, his request goes to the server (apache, windows or whatever) not to php.exe ... that means php can't do anything if the page doesn't phisically exist. you need the server to see that even if the page doesn't phisically exist the request should be processed by another php script. also php can't change the address displayed to the user, the httpd software can. so no, you can't program that in php without .htaccess

Yahoo does not allow .htaccess or mod_rewrite? This trick can be performed using ErrorDocument and regexes on $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] (it is called "mod_rewrite for the poors").