mod rewrite setup

Question

I am trying to setup a mod rewrite rule to change urls like:

http://www.site.com/play/4435

Into:

http://www.site.com/index.php?play=4435

Below is what I have but it is not quite right...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?play=$1 [L]

Answer 1

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^play/([^/]*)$ /index.php?play=$1 [L]

That should change http://www.site.com/play/4435 into http://www.site.com/index.php?play=4435

Hope that helps :)

Answer 2

Here's a more generic rule that works for more than just 'play'.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+)/(.+)$ /index.php?$1=$2 [L]