Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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What version of phpBB are you using? phpBB 3.2.2
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Please describe your problem. A month or so ago I upgraded from v.3.2.1 to v3.2.2 and I had no end of problems with the database upgrade and the forum was down for days while I searched and searched for a fix. I tried complete fresh installs, partial upgrades, everything. Until I suddenly came across a small post somewhere where someone suggested changing a small amount of text in a file (can't remember which file now) by adding an 'i' to a mention of SQL. Just by adding this letter i, it allowed the database to update. But, it now seems that I've lost the ability to add multiple photos to posts. At your first attempt it allows you to preview the post with the pictures you've attached, but then if you edit the post or use preview again, it forgets the photos you've attached and reports them as 'The attachment *****.jpg is no longer available', usually leaving just one photo still there. It seems anything more than one photo makes the system fail. In addition to this, there are some older posts that were created long before the upgrade where the pictures have disappeared only to be replaced by white boxes. If you dare to edit the post, it again just tells you that the attachment is no longer available.
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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It's not just my forum! I've just tried replying to this thread, doing the same thing of uploading multiple pictures and if you preview twice it forgets all the pictures.

Is it my PC?
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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Right, just tried another reply and if you upload one photo absolutely no problem.

As soon as you upload a second it forgets the first and only remembers the most recently uploaded one.

Add a third, it remembers that most recent one again, but forgets the first two.
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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Read the "Known Issues" sticky at the top of the 3.2 Support forum.
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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Ah, I did skim read that but didn't notice the 'multiple attachments' part further down. Many thanks.
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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I've made all the adjustments on the 'Known Issues' sticky, but I still have pictures missing. They're showing as white squares.

A couple of examples:

http://www.portafold.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ?f=1&t=736

http://www.portafold.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ?f=1&t=583
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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BTW, new posts seem to be working fine now. But older ones are still missing photos.
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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Anyone know how to recover all my missing photos?

As per:

http://www.portafold.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ?f=1&t=736

http://www.portafold.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ?f=1&t=583
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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Did you check the orphaned attachments in the acp?
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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I've never had anything to do with orphaned attachments before, but according to the ACP I have 89.

Under 'Manage Attachments' it's telling me:

'Your file statistics are likely inaccurate and need to be resynchronised. Actual values: number of attachments = 2127, total size of attachments = 293.35 MiB. Click here to resynchronise them.'

Is it as simple as re-synchronising them? Or do I have to look up all 89 and enter the Post ID in the 'Orphaned Attachments' section?
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Re: Multiple Photo Attachment Errors in v.3.2.2

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portafold_matthew wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:57 pm Or do I have to look up all 89 and enter the Post ID in the 'Orphaned Attachments' section?
You need to to that, resync doesn't change anything on the orphaned attachments.
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