URL RewriteRule .htaccess for more SEO friendly shape - php

Question

I have URLs like
book.php?id=23 product.php?id=23 etc..
I want them to be something like
book/id/title
my current .htaccess is this
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^book/([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9_\-]+)/?$ book.php?id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
but it's not working properly,
it's directing to book.php page despite of problems in page, I can't Get the Id parameter using $_GET , any help is appreciated
here's my url http://www.gamzesart.com/book.php?id=2

Answer 1

Actually I had this problem the other week, it turned out it was because the url reference was the same as the name as the php file I was calling, i.e:
RewriteRule ^book/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)/?$ book.php?id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
Just as a test, change your rule to:
RewriteRule ^books/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)/?$ book.php?id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
and try calling the URL as books/23 instead.

Answer 2

Try the following:
+FollowSymLinks # This is based on the comment of PeteR bellow in comments
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^book/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)/?$ book.php?id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
</IfModule>
That works for me.
In my local PC I have try to access the URL : http://www.localSite.dch/book/12/nikos
and in my book.php file I have the following code:
<?php
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_REQUEST);
echo "</pre>";
?>
The result is this:
Array
(
[id] => 12
)