[Xerte-dev] Re: example_zipper issue revisited

[Pat L (pgogy)]

Does exampler_zipper appear in the code, it sounds like something I left
in.

I imagine it is a PHP timeout issue kicking in, or Memory being maxed out.

The zip script it supposed to do a clean up. Maybe do it before export now
as well


On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>wrote:

> 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-----
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> [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,
>
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> [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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