mod_rewrite is the only way to do this. It is almost always installed on apache servers. You have not given me enough information to give the command off of. The number can not simply be stripped off, it has to be somewhere. Also, I will have a hard time taking any time out for you with the quality of your posts. Why should I spend time for someone who doesn't even take their issue seriously enough to spell words out? Please take your English up a notch and people will begin to take you seriously.