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1. neilo
   Member

   Dear Appnitro people,

   When a the form is used to upload a file, it appends a string of (what appears to be) random characters to the file name. For instance, the file

   'freedom from.mp3'

   gets renamed

   'element_3_36f8156c09d5133251dd578e252a1441-2-freedom from.mp3'

   in the machform/data/form_x/files folder and in the database.

   This means that when I create a download link for it (using the smart file script from http://www.zubrag.com/scripts/download.php) it downloads the file with that long, somewhat ungainly, file name.

   I notice that when you use the download link from the sent email or the MachForm Form Manager Entries area, it will download with the original correct file name; however I do not want to allow users access to that area.

   I would like to be able for users to download the files with the original filenames.

   The download link on my site looks like:

   <a href="download.php?f=<?php echo $row_Recordset1['element_3']; ?>">Download</a>

   and you can see what I'm trying to do here: http://www.buffalogals.co.uk/Admin/fileshare.php

   It works fine, except for the characters appended to the file name.

   Any help would be much appreciated.

   Posted 14 years ago #
2. 

   yuniar

   That random hash code is there for security reason.
   To download it, your download script need to strip it.

   Try to edit your download.php file, search around line 166:

   header("Pragma: public");

   above that line, add this code:

   $filename_only  = $asfname;
   $file_1 	   	= substr($filename_only,strpos($filename_only,'-')+1);
   $filename_only 	= substr($file_1,strpos($file_1,'-')+1);
   
   $header_file = (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE')) ? preg_replace('/\./', '%2e', $filename_only, substr_count($filename_only, '.') - 1) : $filename_only;
   $asfname     = $header_file;

   that should strip the hash code.

   ---

   MachForm Founder

   Posted 14 years ago #

3. neilo
   Member

   Wow - that is so brilliant - and quick. Many thanks.

   Posted 14 years ago #

4. justinseipel
   Member

   Any way we can have these just not added at all to the file? I'd like to just download all of the files directly form the "files" directory via FTP.

   Posted 13 years ago #
5. 

   yuniar

   Those tokens can't be removed completely, but it can be reduced.
   From this one:

   'element_3_36f8156c09d5133251dd578e252a1441-2-freedom from.mp3'

   to became this one:
   'element_3_-2-freedom from.mp3'

   The reason for that code is to associate your file with the correct form submission and prevent duplicate file overwrite.

   If we remove the code completely, people uploading the file using the same file name would overwrite the old file.

   ---

   MachForm Founder

   Posted 13 years ago #

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