Add path name to downloading file name

Question

I want people to be able to download several files that sum up lessons I am teaching. Files are pdf organized in folders like this:

.htaccess
01-science/
   lesson-1/
      notes.pdf
      slides.pdf
   lesson-2/
      notes.pdf
      slides.pdf
…

The .htaccess file already forces files to be downloaded with these commands:

<Files *.pdf>
   ForceType application/octet-stream
   Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</Files>

I am giving the direct URL to reach the files, for instance https://lessons.domain.my/01-science/lesson-1/notes.pdf. But, to avoid confusion, at downloading, I'd like filenames to be prefixed with folder names to give this:

01-science-lesson-1-notes.pdf
01-science-lesson-1-slides.pdf

Maybe a regex in the could do this, but I can't get which one… Thanks for any help!

bmrs · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-06T21:35:55.110

Thanks to this answer, I have found the proper .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.pdf$ - [E=FILENAME:$0]
<FilesMatch "\.(?i:pdf)$">
    ForceType application/octet-stream
    Header set Content-Disposition "attachment; filename=%{FILENAME}e"
</FilesMatch>

Thus the URL https://lessons.domain.my/01-science/lesson-1/notes.pdf downloads the file notes.pdf under the name 01-science_lesson-1_notes.pdf which fits perfectly.

As I do not know the .htaccess syntax very well, this remains opened to any better suggestion or comment…

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '18 at 17:45

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Put this code in your main directory ,htaccess file :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)\.pdf$  /$1-$2-$3.pdf [L,NE,R=302]

If everything goes Ok , change 302 to 301 to get permanent redirection

answered Feb 06 '18 at 17:45

Mohammed Elhag

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Thanks, but it does not work, since I want to keep the folders structures on the server and only have the file renamed at downloading… – bmrs Feb 06 '18 at 21:27

Add path name to downloading file name

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