change url using htaccess file

I need to change this link:
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2011/08/beyond_wagon_wheels_and_calico_country_c.php.
to
http://www.expressnightout.com/2011/08/beyond_wagon_wheels_and_calico_country_c/

Form the old site, there are many backlinks out there that I simply cannot change, so I need to write a rule to remove the /content/ AND take the .php off

If you could help me write and/ or show me a good resource so I can figure this out myself. That would be great. Thanks

 

Is there anyone there who can answer this???

 

You may be able to do something like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/content/(\d+)/(\d+)/(.*)\.php$ http://www.expressnightout.com/$1/$2/$3/ [R=301,L]

Haven't tested it, so you may want to play around with it, but that's my $0.02

 

Thank you so much. The client is trying it, but this looks good. His first attempt did not work but I think his placement was wrong.

<code>

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

RewriteRule ^/content/(\d+)/(\d+)/(.*)\.php$ http://www.expressnightout.com/$1/$2/$3/ [R=301,L]

php_value max_execution_time 600
php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
php_value post_max_size 100M

</code>