.htaccess redirect for .pdf/.doc file in the root folder

Question

I am trying to create a rewrite rule similar to the one below

RewriteRule ^/?(.*+/.pdf)$ /site-content/import/uploads/$1 [L,R=301]

Any url request similar to

http://hostname/filename.pdf

Should redirect to

http://hostname/site-content/import/uploads/filename.pdf

But it should not redirect if the request file name is inside a sub folder and also it should not redirect the urls other than .pdf or .doc files

http://hostname/sub-page/filename.pdf
http://hostname/sub-page/sub/filename.pdf
http://hostname/sub-page
http://hostname/image.png

Answer 1

you can use this :

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+\.pdf)$ /site-content/import/uploads/$1 [R,L]

or this :

RedirectMatch ^/([^/.]+\.pdf)$ /site-content/import/uploads/$1

Clear your browser caches before testing this redirect.

EDIT:

The examples above redirect .pdf files only, to redirect both .pdf and .doc ,you can use this rule :

RewriteRule ^[^/.]+\.(pdf|doc)$ /site-content/import/uploads%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]

Answer 2

Try regex ^/[^/]+\\.(pdf|doc)$ . Will match first / , any character that is not / and ends with .pdf or .doc .

Regex101 example

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RewriteRule ^/([^/]+\.(?:pdf|doc))$ /site-content/import/uploads/$1 [L,R=301]