<h2><a name="flag_b" id="flag_b">B (escape backreferences)</a></h2>
<p>The [B] flag instructs <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> to escape non-alphanumeric
characters before applying the transformation.</p>
-<p>In 2.4.26 and later, you can limit the escaping to specific characters
-in backreferences by listing them: <code>[B=#?;]</code>. Note: The space
-character can be used in the list of characters to escape, but it cannot be
-the last character in the list.</p>
<p><code>mod_rewrite</code> has to unescape URLs before mapping them,
so backreferences are unescaped at the time they are applied.
<p>An alternative to this flag is using a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code> to capture against %{THE_REQUEST} which will capture
strings in the encoded form.</p>
+
+<p>In 2.4.26 and later, you can limit the escaping to specific characters
+in backreferences by listing them: <code>[B=#?;]</code>. Note: The space
+character can be used in the list of characters to escape, but you must quote
+the entire third argument of <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>
+and the space must not be the last character in the list.</p>
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># Escape spaces and question marks.
+RewriteRule "^search/(.*)$" "/search.php?term=$1" "[B= ?]"</pre>
+
+
+
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<h2><a name="flag_bnp" id="flag_bnp">BNP|backrefnoplus (don't escape space to +)</a></h2>
<p>The [B] flag instructs <directive
module="mod_rewrite">RewriteRule</directive> to escape non-alphanumeric
characters before applying the transformation.</p>
-<p>In 2.4.26 and later, you can limit the escaping to specific characters
-in backreferences by listing them: <code>[B=#?;]</code>. Note: The space
-character can be used in the list of characters to escape, but it cannot be
-the last character in the list.</p>
<p><code>mod_rewrite</code> has to unescape URLs before mapping them,
so backreferences are unescaped at the time they are applied.
<p>An alternative to this flag is using a <directive module="mod_rewrite"
>RewriteCond</directive> to capture against %{THE_REQUEST} which will capture
strings in the encoded form.</p>
+
+<p>In 2.4.26 and later, you can limit the escaping to specific characters
+in backreferences by listing them: <code>[B=#?;]</code>. Note: The space
+character can be used in the list of characters to escape, but you must quote
+the entire third argument of <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteRule</directive>
+and the space must not be the last character in the list.</p>
+
+<highlight language="config">
+# Escape spaces and question marks.
+RewriteRule "^search/(.*)$" "/search.php?term=$1" "[B= ?]"
+</highlight>
+
+
</section>
<section id="flag_bnp"><title>BNP|backrefnoplus (don't escape space to +)</title>