[JSP connector] File upload error in a folder with exotic characters

[jorgeoa]

I'm getting an error when try to upload a file into a folder that has exotic chars in its name (España for example).

The POST request to the server returns this text:

<textarea>{}</textarea>

and the interface shows a "undefined" message.

The addfolder method works fine, you can create a folder inside another with exotic chars.

up to now I can't found a solution or workaround, but I'm working on it

[simogeo]

with both PHP and JSP connector?

[jorgeoa]

I think PHP connector works fine.

I haven't time now to test the PHP connector, so I'll try it later.

[simogeo]

I'll do it, don't worry. Thanks for the bug report

[jorgeoa]

I found a workaround by converting from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 the currentpath parameter.

In function add, line 334 in FileManager.java, I'm using this code:

else if (item.getFieldName().equals("currentpath")){
currentPath = item.getString();
currentPath = new String (currentPath.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"),"UTF-8");
}

[trickydicky]

This has been solved by using the function cleanString also for the creation of directories. That means that exotic characters are not allowed in a directory name. This may seem ugly, but the file manager in for instance Joomla does the same thing.

By the way, the error does occur also in the php connector

[simogeo]

trickydicky > works fine for php.
But I think we should have a unique policy regarding folder names. I will probably apply the cleanString methode as well

[jorgeoa]

Hi.

cleanString solves the problem in the upload proccess, but if the server contains folders or files with exotic chars, the problen is already there.

If I want to use this file manager in a existing webpage, and I have somo exotic characters in folders or files (this could be usual in languages like Spanish or French), I'll have a lot of problem with it.

I think that the clearString function in the right way, but I algo think that the filemanager should can deal with those cases. The 'new String (currentPath.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"),"UTF-8")' can solve it easily.

Also, I would like to propose that the cleanString will be more "exotic character friendly", I mean:

• Replace "ñ" with "n"
• Replace accented vowels with standard vowels: "áà" => "a"; "éè" => "e", etc.
• Replace "ç" with "c"

And maybe, space with underscore? For readability...

Regards.

[simogeo]

This is done now for PHP connector. Should be applied to other connectors.

PHP conn : cleanString() is now called on addfolder() method