From 800faddc31d8bcc8e95e8ec310788143e15dc5f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "venkatesh.r" <venkatesh.r@venbainfotech.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 13:57:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] FIX_ISSUE

---
 app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
index 7aac7654..0c2eac3d 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
@@ -4949,7 +4949,11 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
         }
 
         if (isset($search_data['client_id']) && !empty($search_data['client_id'])) {
-            $builder->where("files.client_id", $search_data['client_id']);
+            if (is_string($search_data['client_id']) && preg_match('/^[a-f0-9]{32}$/i', $search_data['client_id'])) {
+                $builder->where("MD5(files.client_id)", $search_data['client_id']);
+            } else {
+                $builder->where("files.client_id", $search_data['client_id']);
+            }
         }
 
         if (isset($search_data['file_id']) && !empty($search_data['file_id'])) {