Apache RewriteRule redirection with url encoded

Question

I have this URL (urlencoded twice):

http%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.cl%252F%2523test (translated: http://www.google.cl/#test)

And this Rewrite Rule:

RewriteRule /linkto/(.*?)/ ${unesc:$1} [R,L]

If i put this url in the browser:

http://localhost/linkto/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.cl%252F%2523test/data/

The problem ocurrs only with # (number sign).

Any ideas?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-24 20:30:00Z

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Can you try NE flag:

RewriteRule ^/?linkto/(.*?)/ ${unesc:$1} [R,L,NE,NC]

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 19:45

anubhava

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Solved using rewrite like this: RewriteRule ^/linkto/(.*?)/ ${unesc:$1} [R,L,NE,NC] Thanks !

ok perfect, glad that it worked. Please consider marking the answer as accepted to help out future visitors.

What is "${unesc:" function? is it documented?