Naming files in OJS 3.0

ania · September 19, 2016, 8:29am

Could you please describe the pattern OJS 3.0 uses to name uploaded files?

Anna

asmecher · September 19, 2016, 2:55pm

See the _generateFileName function in the SubmissionFile class:

pkp/pkp-lib/blob/ojs-3_0_0-0/classes/submission/SubmissionFile.inc.php#L555..L569


	}

	//
	// Private helper methods
	//

	/**
	 * Generate the unique filename for this submission file.
	 * @return string
	 */
	function _generateFileName() {
		// Generate a human readable time stamp.
		$timestamp = date('Ymd', strtotime($this->getDateUploaded()));

		// Make the file name unique across all files and file revisions.
		// Also make sure that files can be ordered sensibly by file name.
		return	$this->getSubmissionId() . '-'.
			$this->getGenreId() . '-' .
			$this->getFileId() . '-' .
			$this->getRevision() . '-' .
			$this->getFileStage() . '-' .

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

akerbeltz · December 31, 2020, 12:53pm

@asmecher is there a way of making it incorporate at least the journal short name into the file name? If you’re hosting multiple journals on OJS, file names like 63-##default.genres.article##-114-1-10-20201230.pdf are really really not helpful in finding anything…

asmecher · January 6, 2021, 12:02am

Hi @akerbeltz,

Are you talking about server-side filenames (as stored in the OJS files directory), or filenames as downloaded from OJS to your web browser?

(##default.genres.article## should actually be article or its equivalent in your current language – this is another impact of your translation being incomplete, I think.)

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team