Hi,

First time forum user :lol: as usual, I have a problem I am hoping to squeeze out of you experienced Joomla users.

I have K2 installed and we added a new category ages ago which is now having problems.

When I create a new article now and attempt to upload a new image, or from directory, one of the older images from the /media/k2/items/cache file appears when I save it.

I deleted everything from cache and tried to make a new article and it took the upload fine. Second article, same all fine.

Put the older contents of the cache folder back in and same issue.

Whats weird is that the MD5 in the name for the older files, matched some of the new uploads exactly, I was under the impression they were automatically generated based on the filename and the ID.

Any takers?

Hi. As you correctly said the md5 is generated based on the item id. So if you have truncated the database manually using SQL you will have new items with IDs from old items.

Thanks for your reply, Lefteris

I see, that could be my issue then.
Would anyone know of a way to make the MD5/filename completely random every time?

If you make it completely random the K2 will not know which image belongs to which item. There is no need to do this. If you don't hack your database the images will never get mixed.

I see :) unfortunately the "little hacks" we make, are necessary.

So will need to think of a better way.

Never mind, thanks for your help :D

I am sure that there is a way to do what you need without hacks... Anyway, you are welcome.