Filter ojs file

[desrat_sari]

how to filter ojs file only pdf file when upload subnission file?

[cjuergen]

OJS does not restrict the file types one can upload. Maybe you can modify the upload File method in lib/pkp/classes/file/FileManager.inc.php to achieve this.

[desrat_sari]

how to modifity the upload file in FileManager.inc.php?

[cjuergen]

Hi @desrat_sari,

sorry I’m new to OJS and PHP so I can’t provide you with exemplary code.

Claudia Jürgen

[ctgraham]

You will need PHP skills to accomplish this. If you are familiar with PHP, consider checking out this parallel thread, where a similar modification is discussed:

Restrictions for uploaded files

I made some changes in php code of FileManager.inc.php and ArticleFileManager.inc.php to limit uploaded supplementary files type to zip files (as we want our authors to send all necessary files packed in one zip or tar.gz file). And this works - I mean the OJS uploads only zip files (I used unzip shell command to test the file). But the problem is that even if the file is not uploaded, because of the invalid format, OJS numbers it and displays on the list of article’s supplementary files as t…