Apache Server configuration support - Using a colon in a RewriteRule

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Using a colon in a RewriteRule

correo@ironcito.com

2005-12-27, 7:50 am

Hello:

Can I use a colon (

in a RewriteRule?

If I try, for example, rewriting

/Product:1

to

/products.php?id=1

I get a '403 Forbidden' error. Yet the exact same rule with an =
instead of a : works perfectly. I'm doing this on Apache 2.0.55 on
Win32. Maybe this problem doesn't occur on Linux?

Cheers,

Diego

Robert Ionescu

2005-12-27, 6:10 pm

correo@ironcito.com wrote:
> Can I use a colon (

in a RewriteRule?

Yes.

> I get a '403 Forbidden' error. Yet the exact same rule with an =
> instead of a : works perfectly. I'm doing this on Apache 2.0.55 on
> Win32. Maybe this problem doesn't occur on Linux?

Right. Not all chars are working/allowed in the win32 environment. But
this is not a problem with the RewriteRule, the 403 is generated
directly after Apache did receive the request. This problem does also
exist with the German "umlaute" äöü etc.

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Robert