XAlliedYouthX Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I'm working on a site that could potentially have thousands of users with many images each. I'm wondering what the recommended structure for the possible expansion could be. I know that having all the images in one directory is easiest but I know there will be a file limit at some point. One idea I had was to have every 1000 or so users "grouped" under directories but I really don't know if that's best. Can someone recommend what might be the best structure to use? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/131263-filefolder-limit/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I know that having all the images in one directory is easiest but I know there will be a file limit at some point. There is no file limit per say, you just run out of discspace. In fact there is a limit to the depth of your directory structures depending on your filesystem. The question is probably more related to organization. One method you could use would be to create a directory tree something like.... [pre] images/ a/ andrew/ foo.jpg bar.jpg alex/ b/ bob/ foo.jpg c/ d/ e/ [/pre] etc etc. This will also help with filename collisions between different users files. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/131263-filefolder-limit/#findComment-681520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAlliedYouthX Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Would there be any problems if I decided to just drop all the images in the same folder? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/131263-filefolder-limit/#findComment-681536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Only that you would need to ensure no files attempted to share the same name. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/131263-filefolder-limit/#findComment-681546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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