[Xerte-dev] example_zipper issue revisited

[Ron Mitchell]

Hi all
I've updated some installations using the current 2.1 git download and had
hoped that the example_zipper issue I mentioned previously would be fixed
but it seems it hasn't? However it might only be showing up when large files
are included or with certain php or server configurations etc or perhaps
it's been fixed in develop but not applied to 2.1? This may also be an issue
going unoticed to some extent and leaving lots of redundant zip files in
project folders. So testing and questions...

What I'm finding with current 2.1 code on more than one server is that
exporting smaller projects works fine with no example_zipper files left on
the server or included in the zip download. However if a project includes
larger media files it either doesn't export or when it does it leaves
example_zipper files in the project folder as well as including them in the
zip download. I'm not sure where small - large overlaps but for instance
I've been testing export of a project containing a 60MB mp4.

Q1. Was this a known issue fixed in develop but not in current 2.1 branch?

Q2. Could this only be occurring with particular PHP/server settings and if
so what are the relevant settings?

Q3. Can others reproduce this using current 2.1 branch?

Cheers
Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
Sent: 08 April 2014 14:05
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: session issue + example_zipper issue

I've not really seen any session issues on a windows install and on xampp
mainly though. Have never seen the invalid templat id error either...

the example_zipper_new... file seems to be related to old export code
(https://code.google.com/p/xerteonlinetoolkits/source/browse/trunk/modules/x
erte/export.php?spec=svn696&r=696) with _xyz on the end nothing shows in
Google but remove _xyz and you get hits...

Regards,

John Smith | Learning Technologist
Room A251, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow
Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA
________________________________________
From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
[Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: 08 April 2014 13:39
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: session issue + example_zipper issue

Never seen 'invalid template id'. But 'session ID not set' is doing my head
in.

I don't recognise 2.

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 08 April 2014 13:23
To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
Subject: [Xerte-dev] session issue + example_zipper issue

Hi all
I think an issue I mentioned in the thread entitled testing results got lost
in the discussion about re-running setup so I'm checking again along with a
separate issue I've noticed.

Issue 1
I downloaded xertetoolkits_2.1 Version:2.1 Last update  2014-03-14 from the
community site and from my testing this revision is not reliable e.g. one
minute I can create an LO and the next minute I get one of two errors when
trying to create a new lo:
Session ID not set
or
Invalid template_id (could not find in DB)

Q. Does this not happen for others?

Issue 2
In an older revision that I've been using which seems to be relatively
trouble free I've noticed that one or more files named something like
example_zipper_new_xyz. is getting created and included in any successful
export but also still residing in the project folder on the server.

Q. Does anyone recognise this? Was it fixed in a later revision that doesn't
have the session issue above?

Cheers
Ron




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