Contact person: Fix Journal Paper Download Issue

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Location: India

Budget: Recommended by industry experts

Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"My journal website is a custom-built PHP application and until recently readers could freely download each conference paper (PDF) stored in a folder on the same server. Now every download link triggers a “File not found” response. The files themselves are still on the disk, so the problem lies somewhere between the link generation, path resolution and the server’s response.

Here is what I need done:
• Trace the request from the browser through the PHP code and web-server configuration to pinpoint why the path is breaking.
• Repair whatever is causing the 404—whether that means correcting file paths in the database, adjusting routing rules, updating .htaccess or fixing case-sensitivity issues on the filesystem.
• Confirm that every existing and newly uploaded paper downloads successfully.
• Provide a brief note outlining the fix so I can maintain it going forward.

You’ll have full access to the codebase and the folder that holds the PDFs. Once the error is resolved and working downloads are verified on my side, the job is complete." (client-provided description)