Hi, I'm using Phorum 5.2.18 successfully for several years. However yesterday I upgraded PHP on the server from 5.2 to 5.6 in order to address an issue for another website. Phorum appears to work in every way after the upgrade except that my users and I can no longer download files attached to user posts. Attachment uploads are fine, but when attempting a download we get error: "C:[path-redacted][file-redacted].pdf.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read. Try again later, or contact the server administrator." This error is specifically from my Windows 10/Firefox 56.0.1 machine but I expect the message is similar across other platforms. I am unable to roll PHP back to 5.2, I did however roll back to 5.4 but still have the same problem. If it's useful to know the server is a shared linux hosting server with Godaddy. Any help or advice appreciated! Pen https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,161790#msg-161790 Mon, 18 May 2026 08:43:19 -0400 Phorum 5.2.22 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,162469#msg-162469 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,162469#msg-162469 phrt 5.2 Phorum Support Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:13:31 -0400 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,161793#msg-161793 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,161793#msg-161793
Pen]]> flmitchells 5.2 Phorum Support Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:19:40 -0400 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,161791#msg-161791 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,161791#msg-161791 How do you know the test files are uploaded correctly?
Are you storing files on disk, or in the database?]]> Scott Finegan 5.2 Phorum Support Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:17:14 -0400 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,161790#msg-161790 https://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?61,161790,161790#msg-161790
I'm using Phorum 5.2.18 successfully for several years. However yesterday I upgraded PHP on the server from 5.2 to 5.6 in order to address an issue for another website. Phorum appears to work in every way after the upgrade except that my users and I can no longer download files attached to user posts. Attachment uploads are fine, but when attempting a download we get error:

"C:[path-redacted][file-redacted].pdf.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read. Try again later, or contact the server administrator."

This error is specifically from my Windows 10/Firefox 56.0.1 machine but I expect the message is similar across other platforms. I am unable to roll PHP back to 5.2, I did however roll back to 5.4 but still have the same problem. If it's useful to know the server is a shared linux hosting server with Godaddy.

Any help or advice appreciated!

Pen]]> flmitchells 5.2 Phorum Support Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:13:39 -0400