Apache htaccess spanish accent

Question

I have a problem with a redirect rule that doesn´t work with spanish special characters. I dont know how can i convert my word to type into the htaccess file, because the charset supported by htaccess file doesn´t recognice de Á, É, etc characters. Do you know can i set the redirect rule for something like:

Redirect 301 /home/BÁSICO.pdf http://example.com/exampledocument.pdf

or

Redirect 301 /home/MÉDICOS.pdf http://example.com/exampledocument.pdf

Is your file saved with `UTF-8` encoding ? – Florian Lemaitre Jan 19 '16 at 15:45 — Florian Lemaitre, Jan 19 '16 at 15:45
I tried, but transform BÁSICO into BÃSICO... – Eduardo Andrés Jan 19 '16 at 16:03 — Eduardo Andrés, Jan 19 '16 at 16:03

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 12:35

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You can try this:

If you are editing the .htaccess file with Putty, you can try this with your keyboard: 1)accent key; 2)Shift+(A,E,I,O,U); 3)Space bar

With this method I did a similar redirection works fine.

answered Jan 20 '16 at 12:35

kaiser1871

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '16 at 16:36

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Unicode is a little tricky - you may be better off with the encoded version:

Redirect 301 /home/B%C3%81SICO.pdf http://example.com/exampledocument.pdf
Redirect 301 /home/M%C3%89DICOS.pdf http://example.com/exampledocument.pdf

You can use this encode for assistance: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/

_{Note: I have not tested this, but it is based off this question/answer.}

answered Jan 19 '16 at 16:36

Mike Rockétt

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Thanks a lot, but after try that, i´ve got 301 412 errors on httpd log but getting the spected URL with the Unicode characters... Have you any idea of why? maybe do i need to add a "\"??? – Eduardo Andrés Jan 20 '16 at 08:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '16 at 10:39

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Also exist other posibility. You can try to change all special characters with this "(.*)" in the RewriteRule.

answered Jan 21 '16 at 10:39

kaiser1871

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Apache htaccess spanish accent

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