Photos: Albums URL bug in subfolders, %2F instead of /

[JonOfUs]

When you are using the 'albums' feature (index.php/apps/photos/albums/) and clicking through folder hierarchies, sometimes the URL changes wrongly when using Firefox (75.0 on Linux Mint).
When you go to a subfolder of any folder, the URL changes to e.g. "index.php/apps/photos/albums/MyPictures%2FGreece" instead of "index.php/apps/photos/albums/MyPictures/Greece", the / is wrongly displayed as the html-code %2F. When you reload while the browser in is such a subfolder, apache just passes you a 404-error.
When going to even deeper subfolders, the error continues, / is still displayed as %2F which results in 404-errors when reloading.

I am not skilled enough in php and in the NextCloud backend to pass a suitable correction for the app, so it would be nice, if anybody who feels skilled enough, could fix this little bug.

Greetings, John

[SimJoSt]

I can confirm this issue with Chrome as well.

[skjnldsv]

Are you all using apache?

[JonOfUs]

Yes, the problem only occurs when using Apache.
When using Nginx, forward-slash still is replaced with %2F sometimes, but reloading the page works nevertheless without problems.
So this could just be an Apache error or even just a wrong web-server configuration.
Nevertheless, the fact that forward-slash sometimes is displayed with %2F cannot be intentional.

[skjnldsv]

I guess this should be fix in a higher level.
Nevertheless I suggest you update your apache config. It seems you're not even supporting the url rewriting :)

[darmbrust]

Is URL rewriting supposed to be enabled for a nextcloud deployment? If so, it would be nice if Nextcloud told us it was off / improperly configured on the admin page, like it does for so many other config issues.

[mblo]

Same problem here, with Safari/Edge tested on 19.0.2 (Photos on 1.1.0). My setup runs in a subfolder ("domain.com/sub/..nextcloud") and uses the nc default htaccess rewrite rules.

Any further information required?

[bars-suk]

Nextcloud 19.0.4
Server version: Apache/2.4.38 (Debian)

The problem is not fixed!!

[tborychowski]

Using NextCloud 20 in docker (apache) and the issue is still there.

[skjnldsv]

Is URL rewriting supposed to be enabled for a nextcloud deployment? If so, it would be nice if Nextcloud told us it was off / improperly configured on the admin page, like it does for so many other config issues.

PR welcome :)
But it's in the documentation yeah https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#additional-apache-configurations

[darmbrust]

Are you referring to the https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#pretty-urls ?

I have mod_rewrite enabled on my server. And all of the other recommended ones as well. This bug exists with all of those enabled on apache, unless there is a config I need to set that I missed...

[bars-suk]

Nextcloud 19.0.4
Версия сервера: Apache / 2.4.38 (Debian)

Проблема не устранена !!

The problem occurs with a subfolder, with one folder there are no problems.

[skjnldsv]

@Mikescops this is the issue I was telling you about :)

[Mikescops]

Yep, I know, should find something because it's kinda annoying