title: %2F not accepted in URL by apache
body: <p>I have got this problem where I cannot enter %2F and %5C in the search box of my site because apache actively refuses to accept them in the url. I searched for my problem and found that I need to allow this behavior and so I did, adding this to my htaccess file:</p>
  <pre><code>AllowEncodedSlashes On
  </code></pre>
  <p>That did not solve the issue and I'm still getting &quot;Object not found&quot;.</p>
  <p>I have a url <code>/search/query%20goes%20here</code> and if I type any kind of slash in the query string like for example <code>/search/test%2F1</code> it will give me default apache 404 error. How do I fix it so it doesn't and gets to my rewrite rules?</p>
  <h1>EDIT 1</h1>
  <p>I just noticed that this directive has caused internal server error on all of my pages and I cannot figure out why. It says in the apache manual that it is a part of the core module so I guess it cannot be a disabled module problem.</p>
  <h1>EDIT 2</h1>
  <p>I tried moving the directive in the <code>httpd.conf</code> file just to see if it would work, but it still didn't. The 500 error disappeared though, but modifying that file is not satisfactory for my purpose, I would rather like to have a solution with an htaccess file.</p>