XML import could not copy pdf to a local file

[klbr]

Hello
we are very new with OJS and now experimentating with version 2.3.1-2

We tried to import xml with pdf files using ...importexport.native plugin on
Windows Server 2008 IIS 7.5 and PHP 5.2 with the following error message:

A specified URL "http://www.smw.ch/docs/PdfContent/smw-12977.pdf" could not be copied to a local file.

Galley Part of the XML:

<galley locale="de_DE">
<label>PDF</label>
<file>
<href mime_type="application/pdf" src="http://www.smw.ch/docs/PdfContent/smw-12977.pdf"></href>
</file>
</galley>

is there a simple solution ?

thanks
klaus

[jmacgreg]

Hi Klaus,

You can try the following:

1. change the href line in your example from

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<href mime_type="application/pdf" src="http://www.smw.ch/docs/PdfContent/smw-12977.pdf"></href>

to

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<href mime_type="application/pdf" src="http://www.smw.ch/docs/PdfContent/smw-12977.pdf"/>

2. If the files are stored on the same machine, point to them directly, eg.:

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<galley>
    <label>PDF</label>
    <file>
        <href src="/home/klaus/docs/PdfContent/smw-12977.pdf"/>
    </file>
<galley>

3. Of course, also make sure that your import file is well-formed and valid.

See here for more extended information. Let us know if you are still running into issues.

Cheers,
James

[klbr]

Hello James

thanks for responcing solutions.

Unfortunately no success.

We still have.

Import Error
One or more errors occurred during import. Please check to ensure that the format of the import file correctly matches the specification. Specific details of the import errors are listed below.

•A specified URL "http://www.smw.ch/docs/PdfContent/smw-12977.pdf" could not be copied to a local file.

here is a sample import XML

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE issues PUBLIC "-//PKP//OJS Articles and Issues XML//EN" "http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/dtds/2.3/native.dtd">
<issues>
   <issue published="true" current="true" public_id="smw-00021">
      <title locale="de_DE">21/12/2010 (issue 21-01, 2010)</title>
      <volume>2010</volume>
      <number>21</number>
      <year>2010</year>
      <cover locale="de_DE">
         <caption>Titelseite PDF-Import Ausgabe 21</caption>
      </cover>
      <date_published>2010-04-21</date_published>
      <access_date>2010-04-21</access_date>
      <section>
         <title locale="de_DE">Special article</title>
         <abbrev locale="de_DE">SART</abbrev>
         <article>
            <title locale="de_DE">PDF Import 21</title>
            <abstract locale="de_DE">Diabetes mellitusc patients....ass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention) in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease depends on clinical and anatomic considerations.</abstract>
            <author primary_contact="true">
               <firstname>Hans</firstname>
               <lastname>Hintermuster</lastname>
               <affiliation>Schwabe AG Informatik</affiliation>
               <country>CH</country>
               <email>k.brandmeier@schwabe.ch</email>
            </author>
            <pages>155-200</pages>
            <date_published>2010-04-21</date_published>
            <galley locale="de_DE">
               <label>PDF</label>
               <file>
                  <href mime_type="application/pdf" src="http://www.smw.ch/docs/PdfContent/smw-12977.pdf"/>
               </file>
            </galley>
         </article>
      </section>
   </issue>
</issues>


Remark: We have no errors when importing the same xml with command-line import and local pdf file reverences...

salutation
klaus

[jmacgreg]

Hi Klaus,

I can't replicate this problem on my own local server, using OJS 2.3.1-2 -- the import process seems to be working fine via the web. Can you check your server's error log to see if anything is being reported there? I've also asked a developer to take a look at this thread.

Cheers,
James

[mgscano]

Klaus, this sounds like an old well known story ...

Add these two lines at the end of your server's php.ini file

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allow_url_fopen = On
allow_url_include = On


The guys in PKP will always tell you that it is not necessary, and for them it is absolutely true because they have the root password for all their servers , but most of the shared server hosting services installations do not work if you don't make that change.

it's worth to give it a try.

[asmecher]

Hi all,

This might be worth a try -- but FYI, the allow_url_include setting is never required by OJS. It's a common security risk for remote include security flaws so unless you need it for some other reason it's best left disabled.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[klbr]

hi all

the solution was to disable the ";open_basedir" entry in php.ini

maybe windows server 2008 was not in the condition to handle the restrictions.

nevertheless thanks klaus

[TomCobbaert]

We were having the same problem. And in addition to the solution Klaus found, the hint mgscano gave was the one that solved it for us.
We are using shared hosting for our journal-website, thus not having root access. Our host still allows us to make some changes to the php.ini file. Not the ;open_basedir entry Klaus disabled did the trick, but enabling allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include.