veaktor wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:52 am
EA117 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:33 am
"Change my phpBB server to work around this issue" is indeed still a potential solution (by asking and waiting for an extension that will do that, or making the changes yourself), but might not be the easiest or quickest solution for you to implement if you simply need to update to a current version of Opera or similar.
Pls how can I do the changes by myself?
I want the upload button to be simple and swift in response.
My apologies for not being more clear. I'm saying "request and wait for an extension" is an option, versus "make the changes yourself" -- meaning
you write the extension, instead of waiting for someone else to do it. That's not a "here, make this one or two line change" kind of suggestion; I'm saying you figure out and make the changes that you're otherwise requesting and waiting for someone else to possibly make.
With that clarification out of the way, please answer the questions that are trying to help you resolve this issue:
EA117 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:33 am
On what platform and version of that platform are you having this issue? e.g. Windows 10, Android 9.0, OS X 10.11, etc.
Which version of Opera Mini are you using on the platform where you see the issue? e.g. 38.0.2254.134507, etc.
If someone knew the specifics of what platform you were seeing this issue occur on, and they were able to duplicate that issue occurring, maybe they could figure out the reason for the hang? Or if we don't see the same issue on the same platform, maybe its an issue that has been resolved in Opera Mini itself? Changing the way phpBB handles file uploads is not necessarily the correct or even easiest solution, depending on what the problem actually is.
The difference you are seeing in the "file upload buttons" is the difference between the "old" phpBB 3.0.x file attachment handling (which has your desired "Choose file" button, for selecting just one file at a time) and the "new" phpBB 3.1.x and later
/phpbb/plupload/-based file attachment system ("Add files", which allows selection and concurrent upload of multiple files at the same time).
At some point the use of one system versus the other must have been configurable, because the proSilver template for attachments still contains the needed template for both the new system and the old system. But it appears as though phpBB itself no longer expects use of the plupload-based system to be optional; so "simply disable plupload" is not going to get you the result you want. At least not without
creating other new issues.
I do see where plupload's own issue tracker
addressed an issue of "the file extension filter is not supported on Android". This fix is not part of the older plupload version currently included in phpBB 3.2.5 and earlier. Could that relate to the issue of why phpBB has an issue invoking the plupload on the platform where you're seeing the problem? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, there is definitely no way for us to answer that without knowing what platform version and Opera Mini version you're having the issue on.
New additional question: On the platform where you are able to duplicate a problem when invoking the phpBB "Add files" button, what if you visit the
https://www.plupload.com/examples/ page from that same platform. Can you invoke the "Add files" button successfully there, without seeing the issue you encounter when invoking "Add files" on phpBB?