Cannot get file upload to work.

I have watched the video on uploading files at https://www.chronoengine.com/faqs/53-cfv4/cfv4-file-uploads/2587-how-can-i-add-a-file-upload-to-my-form.html and also tried following the tips in http://www.chronoengine.com/forums/posts/f5/t99975/upload-file-name-only-received-file-not-received.html?hilit=File+upload but still cannot get Chronoforms to either attach files to email, or to upload them to the server.

When I use the form to attach the file, I don't get any error message; it gives me the success message:

Your form was successfully submitted! Thank you.

The first time I submitted the form, the directory JOOMLA_PATH/components/com_chronoforms/uploads/FORM_NAME/ was created, but the file was not uploaded.

I also added the form ID, "file_upload" to "Email action" > "General" > "Attachments fields name".

I did receive the email, but the file was not attached.

Please see attached screen shots. What am I doing wrong?

I am trying to upload the rest of my screenshots - but I can't!

First, I get "Save failed", then I get "You can't post that soon."

Hi eddie_konczal,

Do you have an upload files action in the On Submit event of your form?

Please drag a Debugger action into the On Submit event, then submit the form and post the debug - including the 'dummy emails' results here.

Bob

Bob,

Thanks for responding. Actually, I found my problem! After I enabled the debugger, I saw that the file size limit was 100 KB, and the document I was testing with was 189KB. 😶

Sorry for that, and thanks for your help!

Regards,
Eddie

I do have one more question: Once a file is uploaded into the forms directory, can it be accessed from the Joomla! administrator, or do you need direct access to the forms directory?

Hi eddie_konczal,

It depends . . .

If it's an image file and you upload it to a folder that the Media Manager can see you can 'manage' it from there. Otherwise you would need some other method - a form or a listing maybe?

What do you need to do?

Bob

Bob,

I did configure the forms to save the files to folders in Media Manager, and they work!

However, the files are PDFs, so it's not that easy to download them. I should be able to make the folders browseable via .htaccess files.

-Eddie

Hi eddie_konczal,

You could create a form to show a list of the files with download links.

Bob

Bob,

That would definitely be helpful; we'd rather not have the uploaded documents visible to anyone.

Is the process for creating a form to show a list of the files with download links documented somewhere? Which actions enable this functionality?

Thanks,
Eddie

Hi Eddie,

There are various ways to do it.

I would probably adapt the upload form to save some info to a database table - the title, etc and the form name (if this isn't already happening). Then you can use a DB Read action to get read that back and a Custom Code element to loop through the data an build a table to display. That will work for say 100 files or so, if you have more than that then a CC Listing will work similarly and allow you to add pagination.

Bob

Bob,

Thanks for the suggestion. Would the DB Read action and Custom Code be handled in a separate form?

-Eddie

Hi eddie_konczal,

Yes it think that the activities are separate so it makes sense - and is simpler - to use a second form.

Bob

Here is another issue: File upload was working - but once I added a ReCaptcha to the form, file uploads always failed. Here is a link to the one of the forms along with debug results:

http://www.sas.rutgers.edu/cms/math/index.php?option=com_chronoforms5&chronoform=TransferCreditPreapproval

Array
(
    [option] => com_chronoforms5
    [chronoform] => TransferCreditPreapproval
    [event] => submit
    [last_name] => Konczal
    [first_name] => Eddie
    [middle_initial] => 
    [ruid] => 090005983
    [todays_date] => 07/24/15
    [email_address] => konczal@rutgers.edu
    [class] => 05/1992
    [current_degree_requirements] => Rutgers
    [school] => Middlesex County College
    [semester] => Fall
    [year] => 2015
    [course_name] => CSC
    [course_number] => 121
    [credits] => 4
    [start_date] => 07/01/2015
    [end_date] => 08/26/2015
    [online_course] => 0
    [preapproval_type] => NJTransfer
    [department] => Computer Science
    [approval_sig] => 
    [rutgers_equivalent] => 198:111:01
    [approval_date] => 07/23/2015
    [student_sig] => konczal@rutgers.edu
    [sig_date] => 07/23/2015
    [recaptcha_challenge_field] => 03AHJ_VuuHTT6Pu8EhbHmO_f8fV1ZjUydU2AIVSlXQNKElDq9fobbDxWUjttHXodNow8uGKmqQdmndmP94hIfsVMKd75jD844hRZ8bI1OwJ17RgroJWYjHZJj1cOX3cARfI30awoeg2l5hnoS0smFklA74DKz4pw29KTHlYs7OrdQb96ZIbqTUsFrCk1fA-L1OwmyaWuXPmMQXJbGt25TbtTQZr-hNkb_b1K9DNuXPVwWLdk2z58u6roGifEmch25h41-MRrA4H1ur
    [recaptcha_response_field] => 3805
    [button39] => Submit
    [ip_address] => 172.19.15.28
)

Array
(
)

Errors

Array
(
)

Debug Info

Array
(
    [3] => Array
        (
            [Files Upload] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Upload routine started for file upload by : nj_transfer_attachment
                    [1] => /mnt/web/cms/math/images/uploads/TransferCreditPreapproval/20150724090659_CourseDescription.docx could not be uploaded!!
                )

        )

    [0] => Array
        (
            [Email] => Array
                (
                    [0] => An email with the details below was sent successfully:
                    [1] => To:, siegel@math.rutgers.edu, konczal@sas.rutgers.edu
                    [2] => Subject:high school student has submitted special permission...
                    [3] => From name:
                    [4] => From email:
                    [5] => CC:
                    [6] => BCC:
                    [7] => Reply name:
                    [8] => Reply email:
                    [9] => Attachments:
                    [10] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [11] => Body:
<table>
<tr><td>T</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name:</td><td>Konczal</td></tr>
<tr><td>First Name:</td><td>Eddie</td></tr>
<tr><td>Middle Initial:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>RUID:</td><td>090005983</td></tr>
<tr><td>Date:</td><td>07/24/15</td></tr>
<tr><td>E-mail address:</td><td>konczal@rutgers.edu</td></tr>
<tr><td>Class (Month/Year):</td><td>05/1992</td></tr>
<tr><td>Current Degree Requirements (check one):</td><td>Rutgers</td></tr>
<tr><td>T</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>School:</td><td>Middlesex County College</td></tr>
<tr><td>Semester:</td><td>Fall</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:</td><td>2015</td></tr>
<tr><td>Course Name:</td><td>CSC</td></tr>
<tr><td>Course Number:</td><td>121</td></tr>
<tr><td>Credits:</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Start Date:</td><td>07/01/2015</td></tr>
<tr><td>End Date:</td><td>08/26/2015</td></tr>
<tr><td>Online Course?</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pick preapproval method:</td><td>NJTransfer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Attach NJ Transfer equivalent screen (see above)</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Department:</td><td>Computer Science</td></tr>
<tr><td>Approval Signature:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Rutgers Equivalent:</td><td>198:111:01</td></tr>
<tr><td>Date:</td><td>07/23/2015</td></tr>
<tr><td>Signature of Student:</td><td>konczal@rutgers.edu</td></tr>
<tr><td>Date</td><td>07/23/2015</td></tr>
<tr><td>Enter Code</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>C</td><td></td></tr>
</table><br /><br />IP: 172.19.15.28
                )

        )

)

Hi eddie_konczal,

Please check that the folder /mnt/web/cms/math/images/uploads/TransferCreditPreapproval/ exists and is writeable.

If it is please add this in a Custom Code action before the Debugger and see what output you get:

<?php
echo'<div>$_FILES: '.print_r($_FILES, true).'</div>';
?>

Bob

I was getting ready to do that, but then noticed that the File Upload action did not have an "Event Loop" action within its "On Fail."

I changed that, and the file uploads work again!

Thanks,
Eddie