Question

Im trying to replace all %20 with + signs but just when the url starts with /some/dir/. For example:

http://mydomain.com/some/dir/replace%20here

should be redirected to

http://mydomain.com/some/dir/replace+here

but

http://mydomain.com/test/dir/replace%20here

should not replace the %20

So far I have:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/some/dir/)
RewriteRule ^([^\s%20]+)(?:\s|%20)+([^\s%20]+)((?:\s|%20)+.*)$ $1$2+$3 [N,DPI]
RewriteRule ^([^\s%20]+)(?:\s|%20)+(.*)$ /$1+$2 [L,R=301,DPI]

but that stills replaces the %20 in /test/dir

What am I missing?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Your rules are not correct and moreover DPI flag is not supported in all Apache versions. Change your Rewrite rules to this:

RewriteRule ^(some/dir)/([^\s%20]+)(?:\s|%20)+([^\s%20]+)(.*?)/?$ $1/$2+$3$4 [L,NC,R=301]
RewriteRule ^(some/dir)/([^\s%20]+)(?:\s|%20)+ $1/$2 [L,NC,R=301]