How to make this .htaccess rule case insensitive?

Question

This is a rule in my .htaccess

# those CSV files are under the DOCROOT ... so let's hide 'em
<FilesMatch "\.CSV$">
 Order Allow,Deny
 Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

I've noticed however that if there is a file with a lowercase or mixed case extension of CSV, it will be ignored by the rule and displayed.

How do I make this case insensitive?

I hope it doesn't come down to "\.(?:CSV|csv)$" (which I'm not sure would even work, and doesn't cover all bases)

Note: The files are under the docroot, and are uploaded automatically there by a 3rd party service, so I'd prefer to implement a rule my end instead of bothering them. Had I set this site up though, I'd go for above the docroot.

Thanks

score 37 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 04 '15 at 06:14

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This page from the apache docs says that you can do it like this:

<FilesMatch \.(?i:csv)$>

edited Nov 04 '15 at 06:14

hjpotter92

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answered Mar 26 '10 at 01:22

Chad Birch

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This syntax also works with 'or' statements: `"\.(?i:gif|jpe?g|png)$"` – todd Jul 12 '17 at 18:02

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '12 at 14:59

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Case insensitive:

<FilesMatch "(?i)\.(js|css|eot|ttf)$">

answered Jul 18 '12 at 14:59

Fox

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 01:15

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"\.[cC][sS][vV]$"

It is still probably better to be consistent and rename the uploaded files as they arrive on your server.

answered Mar 26 '10 at 01:15

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Thanks for your answer mate, but that's a bit hacky. – alex Mar 26 '10 at 01:30
My scenario is to validate upper or lower case in query string. This solution suites. Thank you @Amy – Karthi Skb Jun 20 '17 at 13:18

How to make this .htaccess rule case insensitive?

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