Title: Error: Invalid file path! Last modified: March 4, 2021 --- # Error: Invalid file path! * [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/) * (@cybsys) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/) * Hi. I am getting the error “_Invalid file path!_” from the file **class-pr-dhl- api-ecs-asia.php** in **dhl-for-woocommerce\includes\pr-dhl-api**. * I have looked at your code and I can’t see anything obviously wrong except that I am getting a return value of 2 from the function `validate_file`. This means that it is returning a Windows path which WordPress does not like. * Do you have any suggestions what I can do? It isn’t a permissions error because I can write to this directory if I edit your PHP code to manually use the directory location. * EG: `$label_path = '/mysite.com/www/wp-content/uploads/DHL/dhl-label-' . $shipment_id.'. PDF';` `$file_info->path = $label_path;` * However this is not a working solution. It was just to test that I could indeed write to the directory. - This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Thread Starter [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/) * (@cybsys) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14132084) * Small update. All changes above were reverted and this function needs to be edited( along with `get_dhl_close_out_label_file_info`). “C:” must be removed from the path otherwise it fails to create a label. However, after editing these two functions, I cannot download the label when I clock on ‘Download Label’. It downloads a file called “post.htm” which seems to just contain the entire webpage source. * ``` public function get_dhl_item_label_file_info( $barcode, $format = 'pdf' ) { $file_name = $this->get_dhl_item_label_file_name($barcode, $format); $folder_dir = PR_DHL()->get_dhl_label_folder_dir() . $file_name; $folder_url = PR_DHL()->get_dhl_label_folder_url() . $file_name; $folder_dir = substr($folder_dir, 2); // remove "C:" from the string /*if(1) { throw new Exception( __($folder_dir)); }*/ // debugging return (object) array( 'path' => $folder_dir, 'url' => $folder_url, ); } ``` * Any ideas [@shadim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadim/)? - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). * Plugin Author [Progressus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadim/) * (@shadim) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14132345) * Are you using a Windows server? * Thread Starter [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/) * (@cybsys) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14132389) * Yes. Windows Server 2012. Did you design this plugin with only a Unix system in mind? If so, we’ll need to fix it. It’s better to do a string find and replace than to remove the first 3 chars in the string like I am and run a function which verifies if it’s a Windows system or not, but that can be done later. For now, I’m just trying to figure out why the file downloads are not working. Any advice? 🙂 * Thread Starter [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/) * (@cybsys) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14133179) * Okay, I got it working. File to edit is **abstract-pr-dhl-wc-order.php**. However, you need to refresh the page once you have created the label (which is very annoying). This is because of this code. * ``` global $woocommerce, $post; $order_id = $post->ID; ``` * To fix that, you need to edit the function `generate_download_url` in **class- pr-dhl-wc-order-ecs-asia.php** and **class-pr-dhl-api-ecs-asia.php** to have a second argument which is `$order_id` so the order ID is parsed on execution since the page doesn’t pull that data after the page has loaded. * Anyway, here is the updated function * ``` public function generate_download_url( $endpoint_path ) { // used for Windows Server only global $woocommerce, $post; $order_id = $post->ID; // If we get a different URL addresses from the General settings then we're going to // construct the expected endpoint url for the download label feature manually if ( site_url() != home_url() ) { // You can use home_url() here as well, it really doesn't matter // as we're only after for the "scheme" and "host" info. $result = parse_url( site_url() ); if ( !empty( $result['scheme'] ) && !empty( $result['host'] ) ) { return $result['scheme'] . '://' . $result['host'] . $endpoint_path; } } // Defaults to the "Site Address URL" from the general settings along // with the the custom endpoint path (with parameters) //return home_url($endpoint_path); // Unix // Windows Server will generate "https://mysite.com/dhl_download_label/1234" so we will inject the path manually $label_tracking_info = $this->get_dhl_label_tracking($order_id); $label = substr($label_tracking_info['label_path'], 17); return home_url($label); } ``` * Make the changes to your GitHub repo (but of course, don’t use the hardcoded ` substr` code. Make it dynamic). This bug is horrid. You shouldn’t code projects for Unix only. A **LOT** of people use Windows Server. * [https://github.com/shadimanna/dhl-logistic-services-for-woocommerce](https://github.com/shadimanna/dhl-logistic-services-for-woocommerce) - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/). * Plugin Author [Progressus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadim/) * (@shadim) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14133405) * You should actually place the `substr` in the `download_label` function at the end of that file. Can you confirm that works as well? * Thread Starter [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/) * (@cybsys) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14133459) * Dunno. I don’t want to waste any more time on this plugin. I’ve already spent several hours working on it. It’s working for me so I’ll leave it be. Best you setup a Windows Server on a localhost, get a quick database setup with WordPress and test it yourself to see the pain I had to go through to get it working. * [galileon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/galileon/) * (@galileon) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14143495) * Same Problem here; above suggested fixes did not work; Also running on Windows; Log can be found here: [https://pastebin.com/iuRDBiG2](https://pastebin.com/iuRDBiG2) * Thread Starter [cybsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybsys/) * (@cybsys) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14144696) * Your environment may not be using **class-pr-dhl-api-ecs-asia.php**. Some may use the REST or SOAP PHP files instead. You will have to just run tests like I did in my first post to figure out which PHP file triggers the label creation. From there, you can edit the functions and fix them as needed. * [@shadim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadim/) should _really_ be working on fixing this plugin properly for public use with Windows Server though or at least mention that it’s for **Unix servers only**. * Plugin Author [Progressus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadim/) * (@shadim) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14148999) * We are working to make the plugin compatible with Windows, thank you for your patience. * [sebobst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sebobst/) * (@sebobst) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14363000) * how far are you with the adjustments? * Plugin Author [Progressus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadim/) * (@shadim) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14364073) * We hope to have this with a couple of weeks. * [sebobst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sebobst/) * (@sebobst) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-invalid-file-path/#post-14364492) * thank you for your response. * actually i used the `substr` function in the file **class-pr-dhl-api-soap-label. php** so that at least the label is created. but i did not get the download link of the label connected with the button. the code from cybsys does not have an effect in my configuration. but i found out, that i have to use the file ** abstract-pr-dhl-wc-order.php**. only the adjustments do not work. * but it is fine for me to wait and use the direkt access via ftp to get the label data when you bring out a version for windows servers in some weeks. 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