We're building a system similar to itch.io and it's really a drag when the author uploads a zip file called "My Game.zip" but the resulting download is named something like "23498738432423_MyGame.zip_32498749824".  It's really hurting us from being able to do this, because the user downloads a game and then has no idea which file it's in.

I'm talking about database fields.

Am I doing something wrong?  Is It possible to prevent the renaming of zip files to things like File.zip_87249872346248628746234?

I found that if your filename has no spaces or special characters, it does not occur for me.

That is not true.

I’m guessing this is to keep the file names unique so the system can always access the correct file

It needs to be unique on the server for obvious reasons. Download names can be influenced with HTML 5 though: https://davidwalsh.name/download-attribute

 

It needs to be unique on the server for obvious reasons. Download names can be influenced with HTML 5 though: https://davidwalsh.name/download-attribute

Why not just create a subfolder with a randomized name i.e. "2017_12 \ JFjkHFDKJHFKSJFHDSKFH \ MyFile.zip"?

It should download with the original filename. If that doesn't seem to be working for you, submit a ticket and we can take a look.

Thank you!

 

That is not true.

Well it's true in my case.