How can I use in .htaccess?

Question

I want to change from this address:

www.domain.com/game.php?id=1

to somthing like that:

www.domain.com/game/1/THE-NAME-OF-T         


        

Answer 1

.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^game/([0-9]+)/ /game.php?newid=$1

game.php

if (isset($_GET['id'])) {
  $row = dbgetrow("SELECT * FROM games WHERE id = %s",$_GET['id']);
  if ($row) {
    Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" ); 
    Header( "Location: /game/".$row['id']."/".seo_title($row['name'])); 
  } else {
    Header( "HTTP/1.1 404 Not found" ); 
  }
  exit;
}

if (isset($_GET['newid'])) $_GET['id'] = $_GET['newid'];

this is a code, that works for me but considered to be a pseudo-code to give you an idea.
dbgetrow() function to get a row from the database
and seo_title() function could be like this one

function seo_title($s) {
    $s = strtolower(trim($s));
    $s = str_replace(" ","-",$s);
    $s = preg_replace('![^a-z0-9-]!',"",$s);
    $s = preg_replace('!\-+!',"-",$s);
    return $s;
}

The whole concept has been pinched from SO :)
the only games/1/ part is really important while the rest can be anything, game title is just for seo purpose. Take this question title for example:
How can I use in .htaccess?
:)