Mod Rewrite - htaccess - Making a "masked/pretty" query string to be sent to a Perl script (RewriteRule RewriteCondition) : I have tried for two days to no avail. I tried and modded every RewriteRule and Condition example I could find. This sounds so simple but, not for me. Very frustrated.

I know it is possible to use mod rewrite in my htaccess to:

Take:

    http://example.com/directory/perlscript.pl?base64encodedquery=jhfkjdshfsdf78fs8y7sd8

Make a shorter URL:

    http://example.com/? whatever just want to make it prettier

Incoming: I am using `use CGI;` thus `$qry->param('base64encodedquery'));` 
Then I use `use MIME::Base64` to decode the query string (encoded previously).

I don't really need to encode and decode the query but, I am learning and just desire to mask / hide my query string that contains up to 15 short params.

I am resorting to asking here because all my attempts have failed. I would like to blame my severe Parkinsons but, I don't think I had the skills initially! I even read mod rewrite for beginners and it just does not make sense to me to the point of writing my own.

Thanks for any assistance.


