[lylesback2]

I currently have a web site, where I want the user to be able to type in
www.website.com/foo and then have a page search the database for the word "foo" in a specified "Name" field, and return the ID number, then re-direct to that persons page, which is stored in a Profile.php?id=IDNUMBER

I was wondering how I can go about with the .htaccess file, and creating the php script page for this.

[Jay6390]

You will need to use mod_rewrite. There's thousands of examples out there. I would suggest you use an identifier to determine that it is for a search rather than being directly after your domain, such as www.website.com/profile/foo. The reason is to prevent confusion when requesting normal pages such as www.website.com/index.php etc and it searching for index.php in your database rather than bringing up your homepage

Jay