help with subdirectories

[Shannighan]

hey guys, i need some help. :S


op what i want to do is have a site. lets say that my domain is shannighan.com


i want information and referance a database but instead of using something like:

www.shannighan.com/information.php?num=1234

i want it to look like

1234.shannighan,com/information.php

i have seen this done, so i know its possible. can somebody please explain to me how this works?


EDIT: heres an example: http://freakout1.gametrailers.com/gamepad/ (i just clicked on a random one)

also i think i put this in the wrong forum, sorry.

[ryanbutler]

You'll probably want to look into sub domain and whether your hosts supports them.

[Shannighan]

my host does allow subdirectories, thats not the problem.

[tracknut]

He said sub*domain*, not sub*directory*...

Dave

[Shannighan]

my host also allows subdomains, but thats not what i need

[ryanbutler]

Unless I'm totally misunderstanding what you're trying to do, a sub-domain is what you need. Other than that, your brief responses have me confused.