htacess remove a string of characters and redirect to a specific url

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i want to redirect:

http://www.example.com/example-folder/%E2%80%8Bvirginia.html

into:

http://www.example.com/example-folder/virginia.html

thus only removing this part: %E2%80%8B from the first url

by the way, if the first link is pasted in firefox, the characters doesnt change. but on chrome the characters i want to remove becomes a square character.

thanks in advance!

Are these %E2%80%8B, virginia.html and example-folder always the same fixed strings? If not, what's the pattern that identifies each one? — Felipe Alameda A
– Felipe Alameda A, Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 8:32
hello faa. virginnia.html and example-folder is fixed in its location. its only %E2%80%8B that should be removed in the redirect. — guilliam
– guilliam, Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 8:36

guilliam · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-01 08:57:13Z

1

found on another site, thanks to mslina2002:

for those looking for a solution check the thread i posted before or make this your guide(from mslina2002)

# for url like www.example.com/my-file-name/
# bad backlink site is doing this:
# string %E2%80%8B is randomly added to slug url
# fix will redirect back to www.example.com/my-file-name/
#
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(.*)\%E2%80%8B(.*)\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.example.com/%1 [R=301,L]

works like a charm.

the issue was the dreaded "zero-width space" or

answered Feb 1, 2013 at 8:57

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