Is there an advantage to using internal vs mod_rewrite for pretty URL's?

[cnymike]

Not sure I've seen any discussion of the advantages or disadvantages of using either of the two methods for making pretty URL's.

Disregarding the fact that some people are unable to use mod_rewrite because of various reasons, for those of us who can use either method, is there any significant reason why I would want to choose one method over the other?

[Pierre M.]

Hello,

True (external) pretty URLs are pretty : /some/path/to/page.html
Internal PHP hack URLs are almost pretty : /index.php/some/path/to/page.html

I prefer true pretty URLs.

Pierre M.