Too many folders... searchnew.php crashes

[FM86]

Hello everybody!

I'm running my Image Gallery (updated to the latest stable version) since long time and I have lots of folder there. They're so many that when I executed the searchnew.php script the server goes on timeout. Did someone else have the same problem? How did you solve it?

I thought that the best solution would be to force searchnew.php to run only on a particular subfolder where I will put the new files.

searchnew.php returns the folders in albums/
I'd like to force it to search only in album/2008

Then I guess I should write in the pictures table that the directory is 2008/newDir/newImage.jpg because probably searchnew returns only the relative path starting from the table in which it's searching.

Do you think it's a good idea? How could I achieve this result?

Thank you for your attention!

[Joachim Müller]

If you're not running on a Windows-driven webserver I recommend enabling the browsable batch-add interface.

[FM86]

Hi and thank you for your reply!

I guess the browsable batch-add interface is enabled by default.
Anyway, thank to your suggestion, I found a better solution: I will just create a folder "before-2008" and modify every row in pictures table adding a "before-2008/" at the beginning of each filepath field. Then I will move everything in this folder and it should work.

Thank you again!

[FM86]

I did my modification and it works. But still the execution of searchnew.php is very slow. I didn't understand how this script works but I guess it searchs also for subfolders because when I click on one of the root folters (the one directly in albums' root) they're opened immediatly.

And another question:
Can I add multiple folders to different albums with one operation (like in the old versions)?
I have a folder portugal with no files inside and 2 subfolders sintra and lisbona. I'd like to add all the files inside portugal but the "ok" button doesn't appear.
Is there a way to modify this behaviour?

Thank you a lot!

[FM86]

I just added 2 more folders and the script is unexecutable (generates timeout). Probably modifying the timeout settings on the server I should solve the problem. Unfotunately I can't do that. Is there anyone else who had the same problem? How could I modify the script? if I could just insert the absolute path on pictures table instead of a local one I could move all the pictures present in the DB on a folder out of album dir. But then what will happen with all the other scripts?

If someone can help me it's great. I think this can be a serious problem for people who have a big image gallery.

Thank you!

[Joachim Müller]

Try the MassImport plugin

[FM86]

Thank for the suggestion. How do I import it?
I copied it in the plugins directory. And then?

I've looked for a readme file but noone found.

[Joachim Müller]

Take a look at the announcement thread for that plugin: it doesn't get supported here, but over at cpg-contrib.org. You mustn't ask questions how to use it here.

[FM86]

Ok, thank you again and sorry

[liquid-motion]

I just added 2 more folders and the script is unexecutable (generates timeout). Probably modifying the timeout settings on the server I should solve the problem. Unfotunately I can't do that. Is there anyone else who had the same problem? How could I modify the script?

You don't have to modify the script. I had the same problem and my host wouldn't let me change the timeout settings either.

So here's the trick. Instead of calling searchnew.php, you should call searchnew.php?startdir=[name of folder you would like to add].

This way the script is not trying to read the whole directory, but only the folder you would like to add!

[Joachim Müller]

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