change play/example to play-example htaccess?

[eluser]8andrej8[/eluser]
Hello,
I need to change www.example.com/play/game-name to www.example.com/play-game-name
I allready have route: $route['(:any)'] = "controller/$1";
Is this possible
Thank you very much

[eluser]toopay[/eluser]
[quote author="8andrej8" date="1311880755"]Hello,
I need to change www.example.com/play/game-name to www.example.com/play-game-name
I allready have route: $route['(:any)'] = "controller/$1";
Is this possible
Thank you very much[/quote]
At that case url, this should works...

Code:

$route['play-game-name'] = "play/game-name";

If you need more accesibility, read Hook. You may need to create a pre_system hook, inspecting/validate then manipulates the request uri.