Adding attachment file name to email link

Question

I'm doing up a photography site where each post is a photo project, and each post attachment will be displayed on its own attachment page (linked to from the main post page).

On the attachment page, I want to give an email link, below the image.

At the moment, the code is something like this:

<a href="mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Image: <?php the_title(); ?> - [FILE NAME HERE]">Get in touch about this image</a>

I want the subject of the email to include the file name of the attachment (not title, not meta info, not attachment page URL). Is this possible? If so, how would I do it?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can get the original attachment filename via wp_get_attachment_url:

echo basename( wp_get_attachment_url( $post->ID ) );

or in the form of the example you provided:

<a href="mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Image: <?php the_title(); ?> - <?php echo basename( wp_get_attachment_url( $post->ID ) ); ?>">Get in touch about this image</a>