http://www.sitename.com/catalog.php?act=item_detail&id=3

[seotester]

Can someone help me.. i am not at all aware of Rewrite rules n conditions

This is the URL sitename.com/catalog.php?act=item_detail&id=31982

and i want it to look like this

sitename.com/catalog/item-name (i dont want the ID but i want the name to appear like sitename.com/catalog/hp-computers

Thanx

[munesh]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)/(.*)/$ list.php?act=category&id=$1

[richardk]

FAQ: How to change a numeric ID into a name/title.