Sometimes I can't edit a page with a file field; instead I get a white screen and this error in the logs:
Error: Call to a member function isPermanent() on null in _file_rename_widget_custom_process() (line 170 of /web/modules/contrib/file_rename/file_rename.module).
Turning off the file_rename module, editing & saving the node, and then turning the module back on again sets things right.
I'm not 100% sure yet how to reproduce this error reliably. I think it has to do with a private files field on nodes that, on our site, only appears on nodes that are in private groups (using the group module). If that node is removed from its group, we have code in place to delete any files that were uploaded via that field, and empty out the field itself. Maybe we're missing a piece that file_rename is looking for?
It seems like doing a check that $file exists before doing anything with it on line 165 file_rename.module probably wouldn't do any harm?
Fixed
1.0
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This patch just checks that $file exists before proceeding to build $element.
thank you for your report and especially also adding already a patch ;)
We will look into it!
thank you!
Nico
Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.