Using Chinese Characters With Mod_Rewrite

Question

I'm trying to create a rule using Chinese characters

#RewriteRule ^zh(.*) /中文版$1 [L,R=301]

creates error 500 when i change the file to UTF-8

#RewriteRule ^zh(.*) /%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%89%88$1 [L,R=301]

redirects to /%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E6%2596%2587%25E7%2589%2588 (basically replacing % with %25)

Anybody familiar with this problem?

There is a typo in the title – Tie-fighter Apr 08 '10 at 08:26 — Tie-fighter, Apr 08 '10 at 08:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '10 at 08:25

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There is a whole page dedicated to this issue including solutions:

answered Apr 08 '10 at 08:25

Tie-fighter

similar but not same problem, meaning It's about the Chinese characters. I don't really want all these %percentage signs – Moak Apr 08 '10 at 11:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '10 at 11:12

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Using notepad I changed the encoding to "ANSI as UTF-8", rather than UTF-8. This made everything work as expected.

answered Apr 08 '10 at 11:12

Moak

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