how to hide the actual download folder location

Question

I want to hide the download folder location so that when the user downloads a file he cannot see the location. I think this can be done using an .htaccess file but how do I

Answer 1

Perhaps you would want to look into either Mod Rewrite, or use your PHP script to be able to access the file by simply going to file.php?f=someHash and then using an octet stream to force the user to download the file.