[88mph]

i have been delving into PHP more recently, and have started to put together a site, where all the info is dragged from a database and displayed on index.php?page=[whatever]

my question is, will the whole site get listed or not, will google follow these links or will my content be ignored?

[genitalia]

I get around this by creating a page called really-interesting-title.php with the simple content.

<?php
$page = "really-interesting-title";
$title = "Very Interesting Page";
$description = "All about this interesting page";
include("index.php");
?>

[genitalia]

Then on the index page

<title><?php if(!$title){echo "Welcome to the home page.";} else{echo $title} ?></title>

etc.

[88mph]

not sure what you mean?

what I mean, if the link it sending a get to a php script, will google follow it, and read the html that is returned?

[freelancr]

yes, although for seo purposes it is probably best to make use of mod_rewrite for more keywordy urls.

[skunkbad]

I've heard google will follow a url that has one var=value in it, but if the URL has more than one var in it then your out of luck. As mentioned, mod_rewrite is definitely the way to go. It's really not as mysterious and terrible to use as some would have you believe. phpfreaks dot com had/has an awesome tutorial to get you started.