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I have a problem image file names containing utf-8 characters in my drupal website. When drupal has to display a thumbnail (image style) that contains utf-8 characters on it's image file, it fails. All other images/image file names, work ok.

For example there's this image:

http://example.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/%CE%B8%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82%20_%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82.jpg

The actual image file really exists in default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/ directory, but it cannot be displayed in website.

Visiting the above image url, I can see the following message:

Error generating image.

but I should be able to see the actual image, because it exists on server directory, I can download it using FTP, and it's a normal thumbnail image file.

Why is this happening and what can I do to fix it?

UPDATE-----

htaccess.txt

sample image

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  • Out of curiosity, could you upload example image file somewhere and share? I'd like to see this in my Drupal install :)
    – Mołot
    Jan 23, 2015 at 9:34
  • Apache Version: 2.2.29, PHP Version: 5.3.29, MySQL Version: 5.5.40-cll, Operating System: linux
    – ktsixit
    Jan 23, 2015 at 9:37
  • I'll update the question and attach the .htaccess file there.
    – ktsixit
    Jan 23, 2015 at 9:37
  • @Mołot I uploaded an image and posted the link in question. The original file name contained greek characters but that's how it's stored on server.
    – ktsixit
    Jan 23, 2015 at 12:55

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Use https://www.drupal.org/project/transliteration to automatically rename the files and avoiding problems like this. No need to train your editors. :-)

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  • Good workaround. Too bad it's still needed. Back in 2007 when it was released, UTF support was not something expected from hosting companies. Now in 2015 I'd love to believe it's the usual thing up there.
    – Mołot
    Jan 23, 2015 at 9:34
  • thank you. I'll try Transliteration module, and see how it works with existing image files.
    – ktsixit
    Jan 23, 2015 at 9:49
  • unfortunately the module didn't work as expected. It skipped most of the image files, with the following error "Not all file names could be converted. The following files could not be accessed and have been ignored". But images exist and have proper file permissions.
    – ktsixit
    Jan 23, 2015 at 11:39

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