[imp] Error handling for files that are too big for the web server

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Sat Feb 1 14:36:37 UTC 2014


Zitat von Claude Tompers <claude.tompers at restena.lu>:

> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:51:30 +0100
> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Zitat von Claude Tompers <claude.tompers at restena.lu>:
>>
>> > On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:43:59 +0100
>> > Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Zitat von Claude Tompers <claude.tompers at restena.lu>:
>> >>
>> >> > On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:13:52 +0100
>> >> > Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Zitat von Claude Tompers <claude.tompers at restena.lu>:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Hello,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Using the latest version of IMP, if I try to upload a file
>> >> >> > that is too big for the web server itself to accept (sending
>> >> >> > back a 413 error page), Horde is unable to handle the
>> >> >> > response and stays in an "pending" state. If PHP has to
>> >> >> > handle the problem, everything works fine.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > kind regards,
>> >> >> > Claude Tompers
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Yes.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there a way to fix this problem so that Horde does not "fail"
>> >> > silently ?
>> >>
>> >> No, because it isn't Horde that fails.
>> >
>> > Well failing is the wrong term, the JavaScript function handling the
>> > XHR request ignores the fact that it gets a 413 status back instead
>> > of a 200 status. Shouldn't Horde tell the user about that ?
>>
>> If the javascript library (prototype) is providing this information,
>> yes.
>
> Is prototype.js providing this information and are you going to fix
> this issue at some point ?

Obviously not. At least not as an error condition. Otherwise it would  
have been displayed as an error in IMP.
-- 
Jan Schneider
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