I am having trouble finding information on Apache mod_rewriting using Chinese characters (all the info I can find relates to numbers).
I want to rewrite /character.php?character=宠 (where the character is the result of a search and thus will vary) to /character/宠.
This is my (poor) attempt:
RewriteRule ^character/?$ characters?character=$1 [NC,L]
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks, Dan
First of all, your Regular Expression is incorrect. Using the ? tells mod_rewrite that the character before it is optional. It is not a placeholder for any character.
You should be doing this instead:
RewriteRule ^character/(%[A-Z0-9]{3})$ characters?character=$1 [NC,L]
This rule assumes you want to only capture one character. If this is not the case, or you need the same rule elsewhere, then swap out (%[A-Z0-9]{3}) for (%[A-Z0-9]+).
You also need to make sure that your .htaccess file is saved in Unicode format (UTF-8).
Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^character/(.+)$ /characters?character=$1 [NE,NC,L,QSA]
