flacus

I tried at forum.mamboserver.com and noone knows.....
These problems just came down on me.....suddenly..

Well, it started when I wanted to upload something in REMository and when I click on upload button, i click on browse and select that file and click UPLOAD. When it uploads my path becomes like this:

http://www.xxxxxxx.org/hr/downloads/C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\mambo\modules\ShoutIt_mod_13 2.zip

That's what says in REmository!! I don't get it...why does it collect path from my computer??

And other things I've noticed, I can't install any new modules or components...

Please help!

This what happens when I try to Install new component...

Upload component - Upload Failed
Unrecoverable error "PCLZIP_ERR_MISSING_FILE (-4)"
[ Continue ... ]
Upload component - Failed
Installation file not found:

[ Continue ... ]

maybe it has to do something with that new patch for mambo?
i copy pasted it in root od 1st includes....
www.smth.com/includes/mambo.php ... is that ok=?

I've deleted old Remository and I tried to install a new one manually but it doesn't work....it says this:

Warning: file_get_contents(/home/fhlinux198/e/xxxxxxx.org/user/htdocs/hr/components/com_remositoryremository_install.xml): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/fhlinux198/e/xxxxxxx.org/user/htdocs/hr/includes/domit/xml_domit_lite_parser.php on line 1031
Upload new component - Error
Installation file not found:
/home/fhlinux198/e/xxxxxx.org/user/htdocs/hr/components/com_remository

if you can see, there's NO slash ( / ) after remository in first line

and yes, I have tried with CHMOD 777...it's still not working...

EDIT: I don't have any document or folder called UPLOADFILES

I've tried to upload an image and path isn't right....something with uploading isn't working

Warning: unlink(/home/fhlinux198/e/xxxxxx.org/user/htdocs/hr/images/stories/obavijesti/c:\\\\documents and settings\\\\xxxxx\\\\desktop\\\\burglary.jpg): No such file or directory

I don't understand why it is coping path from my computer....I'll loose my mind until I solve this....

duncan.forrester

I don't have a cure, but I do have more info about the error

"Upload component - Upload Failed
Unrecoverable error "PCLZIP_ERR_MISSING_FILE (-4)"
[ Continue ... ]
Upload component - Failed
Installation file not found:"

.... because I had the same problem and looking at your server path I presume you're also hosted by Fasthosts??
The upload component fails on all uploads, when until recently it was working fine.
This seems to be because Fasthosts have upgraded all their Linux boxes to PHP 4.3.11-dev.

The full text of their explanation is at the bottom of this message, but it looks like it will become an issue for Mambo in the near future. Here's hoping somebody takes this on and produces a patch - please!

I asked Fasthosts why they are running a "pre-release" and received the following...
"The 11-dev CVS snapshot we are using is a stable branch of the development tree that resolves a couple of critical bugs, particularly the serialisation issue in 4.3.10"

Their description earlier in the day was...
This is due to a change in PHP and the way it handles file uploads. If you are
using a product such as Mambo, I would recommend contacting the authors of Mambo and seeking an update to handle PHP-4.3.11 and the way it now processes file uploads.

If you are a PHP person and are aware of how to edit the php files then you may find the following helpful in fixing the problem;

<?php

if(!isset($_FILES['userfile']))
{
?>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000" />
Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" />
<input type="submit" value="Send File" />
</form>

<?
exit(0);
}

echo '<pre>';
$filename = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
$newfilename = substr(strrchr($_FILES['userfile']['name'],"\\"),1);
echo "New PHP hands us $filename as the filename<BR>";
echo "We need to parse this down to $newfilename using strrchr()<BR>";
echo "E.G \$newfile =
substr(strrchr(\$_FILES['userfile']['name'],\"\\\"),1);<BR>";

?>

Hope this helps,

Duncan

Fletch

I have the same problem... and yes, I am hosted with Fasthosts. They gave me almost the same answer and the same fix, but I am not sure which files to change to get it to work. Have you resolved this upload problem yet and if so how did you do it?

Thanks
Fletch

flacus

I'm not with FastHosts, I have an account at Streamlinenet.co.uk...and they gave me simmilar answer...here it goes...

" The upgrade was forced due to security issues with all prior versions of PHP. The issue at hand is relevant to file uploads and that fact the IE is now providing the full file path;

We are advising customers to use the following PHP code which both demonstrates the issue and gives a workaround;

<?php

if(!isset($_FILES['userfile']))
{
?>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000" /> Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" /> <input type="submit" value="Send File" /> </form>

<?
exit(0);
}

echo '<pre>';
$filename = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
$newfilename = substr(strrchr($_FILES['userfile']['name'],"\\"),1);
echo "New PHP hands us $filename as the filename<BR>";
echo "We need to parse this down to $newfilename using strrchr()<BR>"; echo "E.G \$newfile = substr(strrchr(\$_FILES['userfile']['name'],\"\\\"),1);<BR>";

?>

We tried a new snapshot this morning, however the issue is still apparant. The information on the PHP bugs website seems to indicate they are not treating this as a bug, and that the issue only lies with Internet Explorer and not other web browsers.

Unfortunately this is all the information we have on this at this time, however we are continuing to investigate. "

flacus

Problem is temporarily solved with using FireFix...IE seems to mess up path within upload.....

Use FIreFix and it will work !

moderators, please put this topic in sticky because more and more people will have this kind of problem...all hosts are updating their PHP and everyone with mambo will have those problems....

thank you!

Fletch

Yes... using Firefox does temporarily fix the problem. The only problem is that I have a customer using Mambo and to ask them to use another browser to upload their images is not something I want to do as I think it makes it sound as if the system I have provided them with is unstable... not the way to keep your customers.

I can't believe that with all the clever PHP people on this forum that nobody has any idea how we can fix this

Maybe a bit of creeping would help... you are very, very, very, nice people

Fletch

duncan.forrester

I submitted this as a bug on MamboForge. I got the following reply...
So there it is guys - we're stuffed until PHP 4.3.11 goes "official". Any idea how long that may take anyone? I can't find any reference to it on the PHP site.

Unless, of course, somebody can suggest some pointers as to what code to modify....

Fletch

Duncan,

Thanks for trying. I also have a number of posts on the Mambo forum about this problem. Who knows we may get lucky If I get anything back I will post it here.

Fletch

Fletch

These are some of the replies I got back from my postings on the mamboserver forum.

Therefore, the only way round it at the moment is to use Firefox for administration of Mambo... but watch this space as I don't think we have heard the last of this.

Fletch

My host (Fasthosts) has rolled back to 4.3.9... problem solved