Re: [Phpgroupware-users] phpWebHosting DOC and PDF problems

[Chris Weiss]

I have similar client setup but an older server setup, php 4.0.6, and I do not 
have
this issue.  I also just tried a ppf on php 4.2.3 and Linux mozilla and it 
worked
correctly there too.

John Curtis (address@hidden) wrote*:
>
>Here is some additional information about the problem:
>
>Client:
>W2K Pro. SP2 and all updates
>IE 6.0.2600 (all updates)
>
>or
>
>Client:
>W2K Pro. SP2 and all updates
>Mozilla 1.21 (all updates)
>
>or
>
>Client:
>Red Hat 8.0 up to date
>Default Blue Curve GUI
>Mozilla 1.0.1
>
>
>The Server is running:
>Red Hat 8.0 updated
>kernel 2.4.18-24.8.0
>Apache (httpd) 2.0.40-11
>PHP 4.2.2
>MySQL 3.23.54a-4
>phpGroupWare 0.9.14.001
>qmail 1.03
>qmail-scanner 1.16
>clamav 0.54
>courier-imap 1.70
>omail-admin 0.98.1
>vmailmgr 0.96.9
>ck-ledger 0.5.1
>
>So far it is only being used for testing.  No real data.  At first I was not 
>aware
>that filemanager had been replaced by phpWebHosting so I installed filemanager.
>After installing and having problems with that I checked the mailing lists I
>found that file manager had been replaced with phpWH.  I then started testing 
>with
>phpWH and found that I still had this same problem.
>
>Problem: .DOC and .PDF files get corrupted when uploaded.  Text and .SXW files 
>do
>not seem to be affected.
>
>After finding that phpWH would not create directories for me I did a complete
>re-install of the phpGroupWare and applications, but I kept the same MySQL
>database (I already have a couple of users setup that are testing phpGW).  I
>did however clear out the phpgw_vfs table in the database.  At that point phpWH
>started creating directories, but I still have the same problem with .DOC and
>.PDF files.
>
>Is anybody else having this problem?  From what I have seen I love this app
>(phpGroupWare), but I really need the file sharing ability.
>
>Any help is appreciated........
>
>Thanks Alejandro for the reply...........
>
>
>Alejandro Borges (address@hidden) wrote:
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>>Okay....great info!....
>>
>>Now, its easyer to reproduce if you tell us the exact browser you are using 
>>and the
>>exact client (win/lin, whatever) because sometimes this kind of error (http 
>>file
>>transfers and mime types and stuff) is with how browsers handle such things.
>>
>>Also, try other browsers, see how it goes and post back your experience, 
>>someone
>>will pick the problem up im shure (it just wont be me...:)...)
>>
>>John Curtis (address@hidden) wrote*:
>>>
>>>Please forgive if this is a known issue and is answered somewhere in the 
>>>archives,
>>>but I have searched for a while and have not seen anything related to this.  
>>>I
>also
>>>searched the bug reports, but no luck.
>>>
>>>If someone can shed some light on this I would appreciate it.
>>>
>>>I am running:
>>>
>>>RH 8.0 fully updated
>>>kernel 2.4.18-24.8.0
>>>Apache (httpd) 2.0.40-11
>>>PHP 4.2.2
>>>MySQL 3.23.54a-4
>>>phpGroupWare 0.9.14.001
>>>
>>>If you need more info on what I am running I will be glad to supply it.
>>>
>>>I am able to upload files of different types, but when I upload .DOC or .PDF 
>>>files
>>>their size is automatically increased.  For example if I upload a 438k PDF 
>>>file
>>>to /HOME/JCURTIS and I check it through ssh I find that the file size is 
>>>862k.
>>>Then if I download the file it retains its size of 862k and will not open in
>>>Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Acrobat Reader reports that the file is corrupt.  
>>>However,
>>>if I upload a SXW (Open Office) file it retains its size and is OK when
>downloaded.
>>>
>>>I have also tried different browsers (IE 6, Mozilla 1.21) but same thing.  I 
>>>even
>>>tried renaming the .PDF file to .PD1, but when uploaded and then downloaded 
>>>it
>>>was still a larger file and would not open.
>>>
>>>Any help is greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>>Thank you in advance for any assistance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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