First, make sure you have no directory in your web root named "search".
Then, add what's between the horizontal lines below to your .htaccess file:
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RewriteEngine On
# If the file or folder does not exist:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Take all requests for "/search":
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/search$
# And show the old search page to them instead:
RewriteRule ^search detail.php?id=1&srch=cat [L]
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Now if you want people who are still using the old address to be redirected to the new one, then add these rules as well:
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# If they have loaded the "detail.php" page:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/detail\.php$
# And the query string (the part after the ? mark) is "id=1&srch=cat":
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=1&srch=cat$
# Then redirect to the new, search-engine friendly URL:
# (Note: the ? at the end says not to pass along the query string,
# the R says to redirect, and the L says this is the last rule,
# so if it matches, implement it and don't process later ones)
RewriteRule ^.* http://www.yourdomain.com/search? [R,L]
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or, if you want search engines to make permanent note of the new address, replace the final line above with:
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RewriteRule ^.* http://www.yourdomain.com/search? [R=301,L]
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I haven't tested this since it would involve overwriting my own htaccess files, but if there are any glitches (like Apache errors) then refer to this for syntax:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html
And I also found this an excellent tutorial on mod_rewrite:
http://forums.devshed.com/apache-development-15/mod-rewrite-guide-common-requests-267522.html
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