regex - How to redirect %20 or White space automatically to + or - with htaccess?

Question

I need to redirect automatically lots of url like /file%20name/ ore /file name/ to /file+name/ or /file-name/.

How can I do this with .htacess ?

Answer 1

Try this rule in your .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks

# executes repeatedly as long as there are more than 1 spaces in URI
RewriteRule "^(S*)s+(S* .*)$" $1+$2 [N,NE]

# executes when there is exactly 1 space in URI
RewriteRule "^(S*)s(S*)$" /$1+$2 [L,R=302,NE]

• R=301 will redirect with https status 301

• L will make last rule

• NE is for no encoding URI