[ Closed ] Attachment Mod 1.0.1 by Frank H (Page 2 of 7)

the include/common.php is the PunBB file ... so make sure that you put the test.php file in the same directory where you have all forum files ...

or alter
$pun_root = './';

to the correct path to the forum root ...

Duh!

max_allowed_packet = 1048576 bytes
PHP post_max_size = 8M

Can the uploads be 8 MB or 1024 KB now??

...one must really think I'm an idiot, huh?
Can the mod be installed, so only users that have a "allow upload" tag can attach files?

-Gernot

I'm using the attachment mod with great success. I have just one problem (my problem, not yours, but you may be able to help).

I run a backup utility each night but, because more attachments are being added (which are still relevant so I can't delete any of them yet) the backups are becoming very large and take a long time to download.

I have spare databases on my server and would like the attachments to go to one of these. That way I could backup the database with all the rest of the forum stuff and not worry about the attachments.
Problem is, each database has a different name and password so the forum config file would only do for the rest of the forum tables. I'd need somehow to call a second config file which included the name, password, etc. of another database and also be able to direct attachments to be saved there.

I'm not a programmer so am merely looking for some guidance as to whether this is possible and, if so, how difficult it would be.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Problem using Mozilla and attachments,

I'm not sure if this a bug in the mozilla engine or if it is fixable by you great code..

Anyways, the problem is that when an attachment has a space in the name, mozilla tryes to open a attament named only by the first word..

Let me demonstare, so you can understand..

I have uploaded an attachment named: "very nice attacment.doc"

When i'm trying to open the attachment with Internet Explorer, it open the file nicely. BUT when i'm opening the same attachment with Mozilla, the browser tryes to open file called "very" and so doens't know how to open it... This is quite a proble though i'm using Mozilla myself and I'm using this BBS and your mod at work, so there are quite important documents that need to be opened with out trouble..

Thanks for a great mod! This has been very helpfull!

str_replace the file name maybe? replacing ' ' with '%20'
so it will still show up as a 'space'
this isnt tested.. just a thought.. hehe..

str replace the ' ' with _ then... same diff basically..
str_replace crazy is the way to go  ;-)

well ... probably, as I use it on a 1.1.2 , some lines might be off due to changes between the versions. also, you need to add 1.1.4 in the array on the install_mod.php file ... and, you should do the fix for the bug that was found, information in the first post.

I will rewrite the mod during the summer, some parts really needs it ... but now, I haven't the time to do so, for at least a month more. Univ takes up too much time.

But try it on a standalone version ... to see if it works ... not on the forum you use ... if it wouldn't work ...

yes, when univ calmes down, don't have free time atm.

so in a month or so I hope to have alot more free time ... and then I'll do a proper rewrite.

Found a way to get aroud the bug with spaces in the filename.

I tested using sn0n:n idea of str_replace. It actually works (atleast with my firefox, mozilla and IE). You can use either %20 or _ which ever you want.

Just edit your attachment.php and add the following at line 86 after:
list($attach_mime,$attach_data) = $result;

                //Edit 7.5.2004 by seppo_@hotmail.com    
                //Fixes problem with spaces in the filenames
                $attach_filename = str_replace (" ", "%20", $attach_filename);

and before
if(!isset($_GET['download'])&&($attach_mime=="image/jpg"||$attach_mime=="image/jpeg"||$attach_mime=="image/pjpeg"||$attach_mime=="image/gif"||
$attach_mime=="image/png"||$attach_mime=="image/x-png")){

no, that makes the same for me ... %20 instead of space ... when saving the file to disk ... (if you tested on an image, click the image so you get a save dialog)

I'm using PHP: 4.1.2 & Apache/1.3.26 ... and Firefox 0.8

will probably do that during the summer rewrite of the mod (alot will be changed, but will make a converter so the current format can be reused, so no files will be lost or anything )