[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11369: SSL breaks Flash media uploader

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#11369: SSL breaks Flash media uploader
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 Reporter:  roothorick    |       Owner:                    
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned        
Component:  Media         |     Version:  2.8.6             
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  media upload flash
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Comment(by aaron44126):

 If any devs read this, I am close to a workaround using a plug-in, but I
 need a little help.  This workaround would have file uploads NOT use SSL
 to work around the bug in Adobe Flash.

 I have FORCE_SSL_ADMIN enabled, so that administrative sessions have to
 run over SSL.  My goal is to allow wp-admin/async-upload.php, which is in
 charge of receiving the uploads from the Flash uploader, to be accessed
 from a non-SSL session.

 I added a filter to 'admin_url' to switch https:// to http:// if we are
 getting the URL to async-upload.php.  This tells the Flash uploader to
 connect via regular http to upload the file.

 I added a filter to 'wp_redirect' to cancel any redirect from http to
 https if async-upload.php is the page being loaded.  This keeps the Flash
 uploader from being bumped to SSL, even though I have FORCE_SSL_ADMIN
 enabled.

 Now, when I try to upload a file, instead of getting the vague "IO error",
 the file upload seems to go through (I see the progress bar complete, and
 then it says "Crunching..." for a few seconds) --- but when it's done,
 nothing happens.  I suspect this is because somewhere else, there is a
 check to see if I am using SSL, and I'm not, so it fails.

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