loringllc

Seems the issue is really a WP core problem with media_sideload_image(). preg_replace() between “\” and “.” from right to left. before calling media_sideload_image(). That would have been my next thought. But then I could have my head in a dark place. ??

oops ! forgot one little wrinkle – if you don’t change this line your file will have the %20 where the spaces where in file name saved on the server. so do this –
replace:
$file_array[‘name’] = basename($matches[0]);

with:
$file_array[‘name’] = preg_replace(‘/\s|%20/’, ‘-‘, basename($matches[0]));
in file
wp-admin/includes/media.php
ok its a core file but it works your file gets uploaded and gets saved as something you can use.

You would think sideload function would sanitize the file names – oh well!

Try this it works just fine, around line 214 in file dropbox-photo-sideloader.php in wp-content/plugins/dropbox-photo-sideloader

replace:

$result = media_sideload_image(urldecode($tempurl[‘url’]), $post_id);

with:

$result = media_sideload_image(urldecode(rawurlencode($tempurl['url'])), $post_id);

I also added:

$file = rawurlencode($file);
above:
			echo "
<li>Sideloading {$file} ... ";
just for an intelligent check
works current wp version as of this post.
Merry Christmas</li>