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[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#207297

I had an issue where the system-generated PDF would not download for an application from within the back-end. I tried to find out what happened, when I noticed that the file name in the ja_applications database was slightly different from the actual file in the system. These are the same as my experience, although I slightly altered the name so the applicant would not be identified:

Listed in the database: images/stories/jbuploads//applications/20150612110641XXX-YYYYYY_resume_27161.pdf

The actual file name: 20150612110640XXX-YYYYYY_resume_27161.pdf

The difference was found in the code at the beginning:

20150612110641XXX-YYYYYY_resume_27161.pdf
20150612110640XXX-YYYYYY_resume_27161.pdf

If you can’t tell, the 14th digit is different between the two. I realize that the first 8 digits are from the date, but does the “110641” represent the time? Do you know why that could be slightly off between the two?

This is an issue because it breaks the ability to view the applications. I have had issues before sporadically with employers not being able to view the applications and never noticed this issue. I don’t know if it is a common issue or not.

[Thanh Nguyen Viet Friend Thanh Nguyen VietJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1461Downloads:0Uploads:44 Thanked: 258 times in 217 posts]

#574150

Hello,

To resolve this issue please open the file:

Find the code snippet
[PHP]$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename, ‘F’);
@chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).’/applications/’.date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename;[/PHP]

And replace it with:[PHP]
$filename = date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename;
$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.$filename, ‘F’);
@chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.$filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).’/applications/’.$filename;[/PHP]

This issue is occured because in current code, the date function is call 3 times, and it returns different date time string on each call, so the file name is not consistent between name of file store in file system and database.

[Thanh Nguyen Viet Friend Thanh Nguyen VietJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1461Downloads:0Uploads:44 Thanked: 258 times in 217 posts]

#640489

Hello,

To resolve this issue please open the file:

Find the code snippet
[PHP]$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename, ‘F’);
@chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).’/applications/’.date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename;[/PHP]

And replace it with:[PHP]
$filename = date(‘Ymdhms’) . $filename;
$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.$filename, ‘F’);
@chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.’/applications/’.$filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).’/applications/’.$filename;[/PHP]

This issue is occured because in current code, the date function is call 3 times, and it returns different date time string on each call, so the file name is not consistent between name of file store in file system and database.

[Thanh Nguyen Viet Friend Thanh Nguyen VietJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1461Downloads:0Uploads:44 Thanked: 258 times in 217 posts]

#739164

Hello,

To resolve this issue please open the file:

Find the code snippet

$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 'F');
@chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename;

And replace it with:

$filename = date('Ymdhms') . $filename;
$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.$filename, 'F');
@chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.$filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).'/applications/'.$filename;

This issue is occured because in current code, the date function is call 3 times, and it returns different date time string on each call, so the file name is not consistent between name of file store in file system and database.

[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#576325

Can you tell me which file this is in? The only thing I found similar was in models/jaapplications.php:

$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 'F'); @chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename;

That’s obviously not quite the same code though…

[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#642646

Can you tell me which file this is in? The only thing I found similar was in models/jaapplications.php:

$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 'F'); @chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename;

That’s obviously not quite the same code though…

[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#741305

Can you tell me which file this is in? The only thing I found similar was in models/jaapplications.php:

$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 'F'); @chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).'/applications/'.date('Ymdhms') . $filename;

That’s obviously not quite the same code though…

[Luna Garden Moderator Luna GardenJoin date: July 2011Posts: 2617Downloads:80Uploads:96 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 453 times in 425 posts]

#576408

Yes, it’s on file models/jaapplications.php.

The code after adding to reply box the character ‘@’ turning to [MENTION=80566] so that’s why you see they’re different.

[Luna Garden Moderator Luna GardenJoin date: July 2011Posts: 2617Downloads:80Uploads:96 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 453 times in 425 posts]

#642724

Yes, it’s on file models/jaapplications.php.

The code after adding to reply box the character ‘@’ turning to [MENTION=80566] so that’s why you see they’re different.

[Luna Garden Moderator Luna GardenJoin date: July 2011Posts: 2617Downloads:80Uploads:96 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 453 times in 425 posts]

#741381

Yes, it’s on file models/jaapplications.php.

The code after adding to reply box the character ‘@’ turning to [MENTION=80566] so that’s why you see they’re different.

[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#576625

$filename = date('Ymdhms') . $filename;
$pdf->Output(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.$filename, 'F'); @chmod(JPATH_SITE . $uploadfolder.'/applications/'.$filename, 0644);

return substr($uploadfolder, 1).'/applications/'.$filename;

So just to be clear, this is the code that needs to be used, correct?

[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#576627

(Although I see that my code was messed up a bit. Should be “chmod” not “chmo d”

[Luna Garden Moderator Luna GardenJoin date: July 2011Posts: 2617Downloads:80Uploads:96 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 453 times in 425 posts]

#576659

<em>@brentwilliams2 481713 wrote:</em><blockquote>(Although I see that my code was messed up a bit. Should be “chmod” not “chmo d”</blockquote>

Yes, give it a try again and inform me the results.

[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#576740

So far so good! I’ve tested out the applications received since then and have had no issues.

[brentwilliams2 Friend brentwilliams2Join date: January 2013Posts: 231Downloads:0Uploads:23 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 33 times in 1 posts]

#643053

So far so good! I’ve tested out the applications received since then and have had no issues.

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