how to shorten affiliate url

please help me.

I want to make custom url

if I write http://www.example.com/ben
it redirect to http://www.example.com/index.php?id=ben

Thanks

You would want to look into using .htaccess to do this. Although, another option would be to make the folder:

http://www.example.com/ben/

and in that, place index.php (which would just be a header redirect to the other page).

Other than that, htaccess is the way to go.

Hope this helps.

i have tried using .htaccess

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://example.com/index.php?id=$1

when i write link http://www.example.com/ben

error. Error said I don't have permission to access this index, dan it redirect to http://www.example.com/index.php&#37...ex.php%3id=ben

thanks