File-Upload _ C:\fakepath\ ?

phreak · November 2010

This discussion is related to the FileUpload addon.

Hi,

Some people, including me, experience the issue that the upload doesn't work, because the progress bar keeps loading.

To the left of the progress bar appears "only" in Chrome:
C:\fakepath\filename.jpg ...

"fakepath ?" whats happening here.

Upload doesn't work and progress bar keeps loading under Safari, Chrome, Firefox.

Thanx for help!

Tim · November 2010

However, this was fixed in the latest FileUpload. Get 1.4, your fakepath problems will be over.

vegano · November 2010

search the code of FileUpload

seems like this is a unerased snippet of development process. May this should replace anything so the script could be tested or something.

I think it might be helpful to have the source of that string - so search for "fakepath" in the add-on files

vegano · November 2010

no - nothing on the code of the plugin...

vegano · November 2010

if I can trust my windows search, then in my whole vanilla2 directory there is no 'fakepath' - may this is from Chrome?!

a search in the web let me guess this comes from your browser.

phreak · November 2010

Thank you vegano for your feedback. Yeah seems like coming from chrome.

Does anyone have an idea how to conquer that upload problem?

Mark · November 2010

I just found this:

http://acidmartin.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/the-mystery-of-cfakepath-unveiled/

@Tim - thoughts?

Tim · November 2010

Without reading that yet, afaik its a chrome security thing. Let me read.

erKURITA · November 2010

This is actually a "standard", HTML 5 standard specifically:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/number-state.html#file-upload-state

"For historical reasons, the value IDL attribute prefixes the filename with the string "C:\fakepath\". Some legacy user agents actually included the full path (which was a security vulnerability). As a result of this, obtaining the filename from the value IDL attribute in a backwards-compatible way is non-trivial. (...)"

Lake · October 2011

I am using google chrome, and I got this same error - no "fakepath" in my code, but I am getting "C:\fakepath\filename.jpg", and I'm on a Mac.. so it seems like something in Chrome, to me.

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