QUESTION Convert querystring with Fancy URLS

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It's not just a simple mod_rewrite problem, to do this, you'll need to change your script.
If "fancy url" is enabled and a native page "venues" really exist, no further .htaccess changes is required.
You'll need to find the position in your script who the "?vid=Old+Punch+House" param is attached to the URL, so you'll need to change that to something like "/old-punch-house", for example. To achieve this, you can use a function like this:

PHP Code:

function createslug($text)
{
  $text = preg_replace('~[^\pL\d]+~u', '-', $text);
  $text = iconv('utf-8', 'us-ascii//TRANSLIT', $text);
  $text = preg_replace('~[^-\w]+~', '', $text);
  $text = trim($text, '-');
  $text = preg_replace('~-+~', '-', $text);
  $text = strtolower($text);

  return $text;
} 


Later you can read the parameter with:

PHP Code:

$slug = get_page_slug(false); 


good luck