how to strip string from url using rewrite rule

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sometimes my drupal site add extra string to image url which causes the image to be broken. the url is

http://mysite.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/list_image_page/%252Fsites/default/files/img.jpg

what is the needed rewrite rule to strip the bolded (%252F) part in the above link
ie. to be:

http://mysite.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/list_image_page/sites/default/files/img.jpg

I have tried this, but didn't work

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)\%252Fsites(.*)$
RewriteRule %{REQUEST_URI}  %1sites%2

i wish that!!! i have tried it for 2 days!! but this is a bug in image cache module as appears in http://drupal.org/node/1212418 — Alaa Alomari, Nov 30 '12 at 15:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 15:25

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You should try this rewrite rule to replace/strip.

RewriteRule ^(.*)[%252F](.*)$ $1$2 [N]

answered Nov 30 '12 at 15:25

Ram G

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 16:05

0

Are you sure it's a bug in Drupal? The last comment of the bug report you linked to says this:

If you are using custom code, please remove the leading / in your image path.

answered Nov 30 '12 at 16:05

longneck

this is if you are using custom code... but in my case i am using VIEWS module which is for drupal itself – Alaa Alomari Nov 30 '12 at 16:12

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 16:11

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I think it should be

RewriteRule ^(.*)%2Fsites(.*)$ $1sites$2 [L,R=301,NC]

answered Nov 30 '12 at 16:11

Alaa Alomari

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