problem with htaccess and arabic links in seo friendly mode

[LAZer414]

hi , i am designing a template for a customer , i saw that the links in the pages do not show titles and instead show - - - for arabic/persian UTF-8 characters in seo friendly mode. how can i fix this ?

 

for example , in knowledgebase , when seo friendly links is off , there is a directory named resellers. , with link

../knowledgebase.php?action=displaycat&catid=2

 

when i name the folder in english seo friendly url is working fine :

../knowledgebase/2/resellers

 

but when i type the folder name in arabic/persian utf-8 characters it generates a link as follows :

../knowledgebase/2/-

but it should be for example :

../knowledgebase/2/نمایندگان_فروش

 

and this is the link for the post inside that folder :

../knowledgebase/2/-------.html

but it should be :

../knowledgebase/2/فوانین_نمایندگان.html

 

which in english naming/typing , it would be :

../knowledgebase/2/reseller-rules.html

 

this is in the case that there is no problem with the encoding and it is not related yet to the htaccess file . ( because its the link that is generated in the pages and yet is not related to the apache server to handle the correct url )

 

the thing that i found in template is a variable which i dont know where should i search for it ? maybe it is generated in a coded file of whmcs ?

in knowledgebase.tpl it is the code that creates the links :

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" dir='rtl'>
 <tr> {foreach key=num item=kbcat from=$kbcats}
   <td width="33%" align="right" dir='rtl' valign="top">
       <img src="images/folder.gif" border="0" class="absmiddle" alt="Folder" /> <strong>
       <a href="{if $seofriendlyurls}knowledgebase/{$kbcat.id}/{$kbcat.urlfriendlyname}{else}knowledgebase.php?action=displaycat&catid={$kbcat.id}{/if}">{$kbcat.name}</a>
       </strong> ({$kbcat.numarticles})<br />
     {$kbcat.description} </td>
   {if $num is div by 3} </tr>
 <tr> {/if}
   {/foreach} </tr>
</table>

 

is there any variable that can read the titles directly from the database ?

i want to read the titles directly from database and then change htaccess accordingly if it doesnt work with the created links.

 

 

any suggestions ?

Edited August 19, 2011 by LAZer414

[WHMCS John]

SEF URLs are only available with Latin characters I'm afraid.

[LAZer414]

ok thank you . i`ve disabled it . and there is not that much difference , because only downloads, announcements and knowledgebase was converting to seo friendly links .

 

anyway thanks for the answer.