Hi, I "solved" this problem by substituting "%20" with "+" characters. Apparently, mod_rewrite doesn't convert "+" to spaces as it does with "%20".
I say "solved", as this is a hack, and I hate hacks... :( Is there a list/forum/anything focused on Apache modules or mod_rewrite in particular? Thanks, Otis --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using mod_rewrite with httpd 1.3.34 and am having some > difficulties > with it when the URL that is getting rewritten has spaces (encoded as > %20) in it. Example: > http://simpy.com/user/otis/search/foo%20bar > > The error I get is "400 bad Request": > > Bad Request > Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. > The request line contained invalid characters following the protocol > string. > > My rewrite rule looks like this: > > RewriteRule ^/user/(.*)/search/(.*)$ > /simpy/User.do?username=$1&q=$2 [P,NE] > > > And what I see in my access_log is: > ... "GET /simpy/User.do?username=otis&q=foo bar HTTP/1.1" ... > ^^^^^^^ > > The problem seems to be that space in "foo bar". > I believe I need to tell httpd/rewrite module _not_ to decode the %20 > from the original URL. > > Does anyone know how I could configure mod_rewrite so that the %20 > gets > preserved instead of converted to spaces? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just discovered this > problem > on Simpy.com production site. > > Thanks, > Otis > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
