Migrate from 2.4.8.1 to 3.1.2-1. and space in public URL identifier

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We are in the process of migrate from 2.4.8.1 to 3.1.2-1.
In one of our journal the public URL identifier contain space.(see below)

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So when we want to consult the issue “BFT 341” we get the following behavior

the url is entering in an "loop "

xxxx.cirad.fr/index.php/BFT/issue/view/BFT%20341/index.php/BFT/login/index.php/BFT/login/index.php/BFT/login/index.php/BFT/login/index.php/BFT/login/index.php/BFT/login/index.php/BFT/login/in…

And the browser display the message below

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For information in 2.4.8.1 the space did not creat any problem.

In 3.1.2-1 when the space is deleted in URL identifier everything works fine.

Is this a normal behavior ?

If we want to correct this is there a way to update URL identifier quickly (maybe in the DB or import/export) in order to not do this inthe backoffice issue by issue .

Thanks
Best regards
THomas

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Hi @tdolley,

Is this the exact same server environment you were using with OJS 2.x? I just ran a test with OJS 3.1.2 and it worked fine.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hi @asmecher,

Is this the exact same server environment you were using with OJS 2.x?
=>No
=> OJS 3.1.2-1 is installed on a fresh new install (centos 7 )

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Hi @tdolley,

What web server are you using?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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My web server is httpd-2.4.6-89

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Hi @tdolley,

Is that Apache?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Yes it is

Best regards Thomas

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Hi @tdolley,

I would suggest debugging your web server’s environment outside of OJS. To do this, try creating a temporary test script (e.g. called test.php) alongside OJS’s index.php main wrapper. Put the following contents in it:

<?php phpinfo();

Then try requesting it with the above URL, but using test.php in place of index.php, e.g.: http://xxxx.cirad.fr/test.php/BFT/issue/view/BFT%20341

When you open that URL in your browser, see if you get the appropriate part of the URL in the path_info variable. (Off the top of my head, it should be /BFT/issue/view/BFT%20341 or /BFT/issue/view/BFT 341.) If you get a redirect problem instead, then you’ll need to work with your web server’s configuration.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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OK thank you very much asmecher
So you think it’s probaly an apache configuration problem.
I will look at this and I let you know

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OK i’ve made the test I do not have a redirect problem and i get the phpinfo content

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Hi @tdolley,

Did you check the contents of the PATH_INFO variable?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hi, @asmecher
Here it is
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Best regards
Thomas

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Hi @tdolley,

Do you have rewriting rules configured to remove the index.php from your OJS URLs, e.g. in a .htaccess file?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hi @asmecher,

I found the solution
The problem was tricky but your question help me to sort it out.
In fact we use php-fpm.

The used configuration to link httpd to php-fpm was

ProxyPassMatch ^/(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000/XXX/YYY/ZZZ/prod/ojs/$1

But it create the problem with space in url.
The solution was to use this configuration to link httpd to php-fpm

<FilesMatch \.php$>
         SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"
</FilesMatch>

Best regards

Thomas

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