[Resolved] Problem with Arabic letters (mod_rewrite)

[snafy]

hi all

I can not use Arabic letters on mod_rewrite 

can i change

http://localhost/6/test-category/.html

 

to 

localhost/6/category-id-1/Product-id-1.html

[bsmither]

There should be an old Github issue (possibly carried over from an old tech support report) that discussed the need to use rawurlencode( 'the mb_string' ) these SEO phrases before sending them out as links.

In the meantime, you will need to override the automatic generation of SEO paths by entering a phrase in the Edit Product, Search Engines tab, Custom SEO URL path text field that will conform to the valid characters used in the world of web addresses.

[snafy]

can i do automatic generation like that

 

localhost/6/category-id-1/Product-id-1.html

  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*)$
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule tell_([0-9]+)(\.[a-z]{3,4})?$ index.php?_a=product&product_id=$1&%1 [NC]

[bsmither]

There will need to be an edit to the code, but, yes, it is possible.

Are you willing to edit the code?

[snafy]

Yes I am on standby

[bsmither]

Realize you may also run into the same problem with arabic-named categories, please try this edit. In the file /classes/seo.class.php:

Near line 306, find:

$path = empty($cat_directory) ? $prods[0]['name'] : $cat_directory.'/'.$prods[0]['name'];

Change to:

$path = empty($cat_directory) ? 'prod_'.$prods[0]['product_id'] : $cat_directory.'/prod_'.$prods[0]['product_id'];

This should affect all new items added to the inventory, and any other item where you blank the Custom SEO URL field.

There is also in admin, Maintenance, Rebuild tab, a "Clear all auto-generated SEO URLs" function.

[snafy]

this only for product ?

Thank it work well very much

[snafy]

can i do that with Categories ?

[bsmither]

You can try this (I haven't tried it). In /classes/seo.class.php:

Near line 393, find:

$this->_cat_path[] = $category['cat_name'];

Change to:

$this->_cat_path[] = 'cat_'.$category['cat_id'];

You may need to find and delete this file: /cache/abcde.seo.category.list.xx

where abcde is a random prefix specific to your store, and xx is the language code.

[snafy]

Thank it work well very much

[havenswift-hosting]

Reported as github issue https://github.com/cubecart/v6/issues/697