"Query String" inside URL segments?

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Take the example question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3563957/https-url-path-and-query-string.

As you can see, we have the segment /questions followed by what I'm assuming is the question ID, /3563957. In my head, this would indicate a folder structure like:

. └── questions/ └── 3563957

However, I can't imagine a directory is being generated for each question. To me, this seems like a query string that is being used as a URL segment. How is this accomplished?

Tim · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-16 16:17:03Z

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This is accomplished on the server side. When the server sees the request, it likely doesn't treat the url like a directory. This can be accomplished many different ways depending on what you are using for your server.

answered Nov 16, 2022 at 16:17

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NewWebDev Over a year ago

I have experience with both asp.net and php, do you have any idea how I could locate an example of these being implemented in either of those environments?

Tim Over a year ago

@NewWebDev I don't have much experience in those areas but I'm sure you could find some online.

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