[dev] Crushing temp file generation in Turba Objects

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>
>>> What does this code do in Turba_Object#getValue() (line 110-17)?
>>>
>>>          return empty($this->attributes[$attribute])
>>>               ? null
>>>               : array(
>>>                     'load' => array(
>>>                         'data' => $this->attributes[$attribute],
>>>                         'file' =>  
>>> basename(Horde::getTempFile('horde_form_', false))
>>>                     )
>>>                 );
>>>
>>> Initializing a compose window causes 100's of empty temp files to  
>>> be created in the system temp directory - this occurs when the  
>>> contact autocompletion code is initialized.  These files are  
>>> created once a session.  After a weeks worth of logins, I have  
>>> 5,000+ of these temp files, that are never cleaned up.  This is  
>>> not good.
>>
>> This problem was explicitly mentioned in the commit message:  
>> http://git.horde.org/horde-git/-/commit/3a6dae7dab4c44fce7e283bd0c0ed4489808851a
>
> Not sure what the solution is for this yet either. Essentially, we  
> need a mechanism to allow for deleting temporary files at the end of  
> the *session*, not at shutdown. Either that, or a complete refactor  
> of the Horde_Form_Image type.

What's the purpose of the files though?  Is it supposed to contain  
image data?  Because all I get are hundreds of 0-length files.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]