htaccess error when dealing with non-english characters in url, but working without it

Question

If the article title in URL is written in full English, then everything is displayed correctly. However if the title is written in Greek, I get a 404 page. Without using the htaccess rewrite rule, it displays the page.

My question is how can I make it work with the htaccess?

htaccess error when dealing with RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^article/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/?$ article.php?title=$1 [NC,QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

3 scenarios:

First (english chars):

title: hello
url: example.com/article/hello
OPENS THE PAGE

Second (greek chars):

title: γειά
url: example.com/article/γειά
The requested URL article/Î³ÎµÎ¹Î¬.php was not found on this server.

Third (without using the htaccess):

/article.php?title=γειά
OPENS THE PAGE

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-01 13:52:46Z

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[a-zA-Z0-9] will match only english text and numbers.

Change your article rewrite rule to:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^article/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?title=$1 [NC,QSA,L]

[^/]+ will match 1 and more of any character till next / is matched or end of string is reached thus matching non-english characters.

answered Apr 1, 2015 at 13:52

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EnexoOnoma Over a year ago

Thank you, that worked! Please tell me, is there any way to not have %20 in the urls but lets say - ?

anubhava Over a year ago

To convert space to hyphen you need a separate rule. See this answer for that

EnexoOnoma Over a year ago

I don't really get how it works. Should I write in the url example.com/article/this is an article and it will keep it as is ?

anubhava Over a year ago

First of all this question is about supporting greek characters so we should stick with this if possible. Now other rules are for translating space to hyphen and those rules need be placed just below RewriteEngine On line.

EnexoOnoma Over a year ago

Unfortunately not... I cant make it work but I am accepting your answer. Thank you

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Frank · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-01 13:49:43Z

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Try:

RewriteRule ^article/(.*)/?$ article.php?title=$1 [NC,QSA,L]

This would allow any inputs for the "title" parameter, which should pass for any inputs.

answered Apr 1, 2015 at 13:49

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EnexoOnoma Over a year ago

Thank you, that worked! Please tell me, is there any way to not have %20 in the urls but lets say -

Frank Over a year ago

See anubhava's reply on his answer.

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