# Utf-8

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utf-8/194896>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [September 13, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utf-8/194896 "2010-09-13T11:04:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![mat\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@mat\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mat_h)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utf-8/194896/1 "2010-09-13T11:04:16Z")

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Whats the deal with nginx’s UTF-8 URL implementation, does it need to  
be enabled or is it enabled by default. Im refering to regular  
expression matching here.

Compliled with the pre-compiled pcre lib on debian if that matters.