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#1

Bugs! / Re: Re:cron and special char

Last post by patbe60 - Today at 03:28:11

Hallo Arno
Nachdem meine Seite nun über längere Zeit problemlos gelaufen st, taucht das Problem wieder auf. Die URLs werden wieder wie oben angezeigt, also
www.meineseite.com/downloads/category/3-dokumente (=> Seite nicht erreichbar, Fehler 404)
statt
www.meineseite.com/downloads?view=category&catid=3. (=> Seite problemlos erreichbar)
Nun ist also die Seite wieder nicht mehr erreichbar. (Siehe meinen ersten Post in diesem Thread)

Ich habe darauf jdownloads deinstalliert und mit der Version 4.0.49 neu installiert. Die URLs werden leider nur noch in der ersten Version angezeigt.

Meine aktuelle Konfiguration:
J 5.4.2
jdownloads 4.0,49
php Version 8.4.17
DB. 10.11.15-MariaDB

Ich bin wiederum ratlos und wäre froh um deine Unterstützung.

Vielen Dank und Grüsse
Patrik

#2

Bugs! / Re: Content Plugin Button Brok...

Last post by ghicar - 29.01.2026 15:43:53

The environment experiencing the issue is hosted on linux with several other 3rd party extensions and has undergone many updates to both Joomla and 3rd party extensions.

So I have installed XAMPP on a local Windows 11 PC and a fresh install of Joomla 5.4.2 and only installed plugins JCE(free) and JDownloads(4.0.49).

I made minimal changes to the jDownloads config to allow use of the content plugin and the downloads editor button.

I see the exact same problem, ie

• I edit an article in the front end
• Click the "download" button which opens up a modal showing the first 20 downloads.
• If I move to page 2, or if I select some filters then it switches to a categories view rather than the all downloads

view.

#3

Bugs! / Re: Got error 'PHP message: PH...

Last post by ibrahim - 28.01.2026 20:30:11

Hi Arno, thanks for the info!

Would it be possible to get a beta / pre-release build of jDownloads 4.1 so I can test the fix on my site and report back if anything else shows up?

I also read the roadmap for the upcoming changes and I'm really excited to try it early  . I'd like to test it in a staging environment so I can prepare in advance, because I have quite a few modified jDownloads files from last year (custom improvements for my domain) and I want to understand what I'll need to change before updating on production.

If you can share a beta package or a link, I'll test it and send you feedback/logs.

Thanks a lot!   
Ibrahim

#4

Bugs! / Re: Error by making my testsit...

Last post by wim49 - 28.01.2026 18:10:15

Hi Arno,

After repeatedly recreating the test environment using the backup of the production environment (with jDownloads 4.0.49), the problem remains unresolved.
However, I have tried using PhpMyAdmin in the relevant MySQL database to set the contents of the item named files.uploaddir in the table jdownloads_config_backup_3_2_69, which had the value of production, to that of the test environment. This also doesn't help. Is there another location where the contents of file.uploaddir are stored?

Kind regards,
Wim49

[Apologies for my mistake, the file initially embedded here was unfortunately faulty. In this case, please download the file again]

#5

Bugs! / Re: Smart Index Error

Last post by Arno - 28.01.2026 16:44:26

Hi,
thanks for your hint. I've never tested this area of Joomla. 

Can you test the unzipped zip file once?

Unzip to: /components/com_jdownloads/src/Helper/

Apologies for my mistake, the file initially embedded here was unfortunately faulty. In this case, please download the file again.

#6

Bugs! / Re: Got error 'PHP message: PH...

Last post by Arno - 28.01.2026 16:23:14

Hi, fixed in jDownloads 4.1 (coming soon)

#7

General / Issues with exporting large vi...

Last post by nola84 - 27.01.2026 23:28:19

Hi all, I've been experimenting with some mobile video editors on Android, and I ran into an odd problem. When using certain tools to edit longer clips, the export sometimes fails or takes an unusually long time, even on high-end devices.

I saw in a chat someone mention free capcut as an option for casual editing, but I'm curious — does anyone know if using it for longer or high-resolution projects can trigger crashes or glitches? Are there recommended settings or workarounds to make sure edits export smoothly?

#8

Bugs! / Re: Got error 'PHP message: PH...

Last post by keep2000 - 27.01.2026 13:48:37

same here

#9

This and that... / Re: JDownloader failing on fre...

Last post by ColinM - 27.01.2026 10:27:41

Hi,
Have not heard of this jD behaviour before!!  Are the Downloads being "auto updated"?

In jD the actual downloadable files are not in the database but a pointer to the file is in the database.  Also all the information about the downloadable file is held in the database.  So if only the downloadable file is changed then there is a probability of "misbehaviour".

See articles Database Structure for jD4 and Database Structure jD4 extra
Colin

#10

Bugs! / Re: Smart Index Error

Last post by keep2000 - 27.01.2026 09:35:26

Hi,

I'm seeing the same error when running from CLI, and maybe this helps clarify what's happening.

Indexing works fine when started from the administrator backend, the issue only appears when running via CLI:

cli/joomla.php finder:index


The error is:

In CategoriesHelper.php line 214:
Call to a member function authorise() on null


The problem seems to be this line in
components/com_jdownloads/src/Helper/CategoriesHelper.php:

$user->authorise('core.admin') ? $is_admin = true : $is_admin = false;


In CLI mode, ConsoleApplication::getIdentity() returns NULL, so $user is not available as user object.
Because of this, the code fails in CLI, while it works correctly when executed from the browser, where a logged-in user/session exists.

So this looks like a CLI vs web application context issue, not an indexing logic problem.

Hope this helps 👍