Lifting Images On-The-Fly

I have a website with a host through which I don't have FTP access to my own folders. Image uploads happen via a form.

I can access the images directory and get a full listing.

Now I want to lift all of them and dump them in a folder on my new host via PHP. Probably the built-in FTP function.

Re-inventing the wheel is not my prefered business so I'd rather not code it.

Any of you know of a script that does this out of the box?

Thanks.

 

This List.

Either dumped online or perhaps zipped up for download ready for manual FTP.

It would take me about 1.5hr I guess. Impress me

 

Yes, can do CURL. It's freeBSD PHP 4.3something. Will try that one thanks!

 

Will shell_exec work on a shared host though?

 

It seems to be going already. Nice one!

 

It times out though. Any chance of coding a quick 'next 30' button type solution?

I'll get it started with a $_GET[per_run] = 30 and split it up in steps of 30 or so...

Actually it did about 70 of them.

 

OK fingers crossed... This is one of the country's major hosts so I hope not all their clients go down

 

That didn't work and nothing broke

I'll do my split up bit of code...

 

This is what I've made of it but I get an error

<?php

    if(!isset($_GET['done']))
    {
    	$done = 0;
    }
    else 
    {
    	$done = $_GET['done'];
    }

    $target = $done + 60;
    
	$base = "http://www.actiongear.co.uk/ishop/images/1016/";

    $source = file_get_contents ($base);

    preg_match_all("/HREF=\"(.*)\"/", $source, $matches);

    //print_r(array_values($matches));
    
    array_chunk($matches, 60);
    
    $x = $done/60;
    
    
    
    if(!is_int($x))
    {
    	$x = 0;
    }
    
    //echo'<h4>X is '.$x.'</h4>';
    
    //print_r(array_values($matches[$x]));
    
    echo $x;
    
    foreach ($matches[$x][1] as $file) {
        
    	if (substr ($file, -4) == ".jpg" || substr ($file, -4) == ".gif" || substr ($file, -4) == ".png") {
            shell_exec ('curl -O "' . $base . $file . '"');
            echo '.';
        }
        
    }
    
    echo'<p>On to the <a href="'.$PHP_SELF.'?done='.$target.'">next stage</a>.';

?> 

PHP:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ...images/i2o_test.php on line 39

Never works when you're in a hurry... Missing another first half football match, have to stay clear of Saucy Kettle!

 

Does anyone know why the code above doesn't split up the array in chunks of 60?

The array $matches isn't affected at all by array_chunk($matches, 60);

 

There's a firefox plugin called flashgot that can do it... you just select a bunch of images and right click->flashgot->and choose one of the download managers.

You need a download manager, like aria, freedownloadmanager, or speed download - and then you'll have to upload them.

I realize that shawn's solution is a pretty good one, but just for future reference or for those who can't run curl.

 

OK. Sat down with a fresh mindset and solved it now (I always hated arrays but am slowing starting to 'get' them).

The following code is what Shawn provided (needs CURL enabled) but splits it up in chunks so your server won't time out. I set it to 40 images each time even though my server could probably do more.

I added some array printing functions for feedback and educational purposes.

Works a charm. Thanks Shawn!

<?php

    if(!isset($_GET['done']))
    {
    	$done = 0;
    }
    else 
    {
    	$done = $_GET['done'];
    }

    $target = $done + 40; //Change 40 if fast server
    
	$base = "http://www.image-directory.com"; //Change to target img directory

    $source = file_get_contents ($base);

    preg_match_all("/HREF=\"(.*)\"/", $source, $matches);

    $matches = array_chunk($matches[1], 40); //Change 40 if fast server
    
function do_offset($level){
    $offset = "";             // offset for subarry
    for ($i=1; $i<$level;$i++){
    $offset = $offset . "<td></td>";
    }
    return $offset;
}

function show_array($array, $level, $sub){
    if (is_array($array) == 1){          // check if input is an array
       foreach($array as $key_val => $value) {
           $offset = "";
           if (is_array($value) == 1){   // array is multidimensional
           echo "<tr>";
           $offset = do_offset($level);
           echo $offset . "<td>" . $key_val . "</td>";
           show_array($value, $level+1, 1);
           }
           else{                        // (sub)array is not multidim
           if ($sub != 1){          // first entry for subarray
               echo "<tr nosub>";
               $offset = do_offset($level);
           }
           $sub = 0;
           echo $offset . "<td main ".$sub." width=\"120\">" . $key_val .
               "</td><td width=\"120\">" . $value . "</td>";
           echo "</tr>\n";
           }
       } //foreach $array
    }  
    else{ // argument $array is not an array
        return;
    }
}

function html_show_array($array){
  echo "<table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"2\">\n";
  show_array($array, 1, 0);
  echo "</table>\n";
}    
       
    $x = $done/40; //Change 40 if fast server
    
    if(!is_int($x))
    {
    	$x = 0;
    }
        
    html_show_array($matches[$x]);
    
    foreach ($matches[$x] as $file) {
        
    	if (substr ($file, -4) == ".jpg" || substr ($file, -4) == ".gif" || substr ($file, -4) == ".png") {
            shell_exec ('curl -O "' . $base . $file . '"');
            echo '.';
        }
        
    }
    
    echo'<p>On to the <a href="'.$PHP_SELF.'?done='.$target.'">next stage</a>.';

    
    
?> 

PHP:

Thanks again. This is a useful little script I will have a need for loads more.