I would like to redirect a simple url to a common page:

mysite.com/john -> mysite.com/referral?emp=john
But, I'm hoping to use a 200 redirect so that the user still sees mysite.com/john and not the mysite.com/referral?emp=john

The problem, I fear, is that doing this will remove the GET variable from the pages use. The page uses the 'emp' variable to build a query for the page. Is it possible to show the simple url (mysite.com/john) and still make the variable available to the ($_GET) being used on the page?

Seems to work! Thanks!