[RichieBoy67]

Quick question related to this topic:

Here are some rules and some urls I am working on. Keep in mind I have 2 types of urls that need to be redirected as listed below.

PHP Code:

I successfully redirected
forum-name/threadname-threadid/

using

RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)/ http://musclemecca.com/forums/showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]

Is this correct and safe? It does work but I am unsure if it is totally correct.

##Next

I am trying to create a rule for

/f226/new-bbing-movie-hits-theatres-may-30-a-191420/

which is 
something like forumid/threadname-threadid/

I have written  

RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)/$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L,R=301]

This is only redirecting to forum display like

forumdisplay.php/226-MuscleMecca-HeadQuarters?t=210661

and not to the correct post 


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Thanks for the help. I have learned alot from this thread.