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How to match URLs with %DC in Apache .htaccess?

1.) Understand decoding: Apache automatically decodes URL-encoded characters like %DC before regex matching.

2.) Use \xDC: In your rewrite condition, match the decoded byte with \xDC.

3.) Implement in .htaccess: Example:


RewriteEngine On

# Match URLs containing '_Manueller_' followed by byte 0xDC and 'bergang'
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} _Manueller_\xDCbergang
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://www.google.com [L,R=301]

4.) Test your setup to ensure the pattern correctly matches the URL with %DC.


== > That's it! This method allows you to precisely target URLs with specific extended characters.

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