BULK image naming

dflow · December 16, 2008

anyone have an idea how you can rename a bulk of images

when they in this format:

folder1

image1

image2

folder2

image1

image2

is there a tool

or

how would one approach writing a script for this?

bluesoul · December 16, 2008

You may have to be a bit more specific about what you're wanting to do, if there's a pattern to the renaming, etc.

Maq · December 16, 2008

What do you want to rename them to? A script for this would be quite simple depending on the format.

dflow · December 16, 2008

ok here is the logic:

i have a folder with 2000 images named called images:

inside each folder i have a product folder contain images

IMAGES

Product_1

image_1.jpg

image_2.jpg

what i want to do is rename the image file as:

Product_1_image_1.jpg (get the foldername(which is the product name))

Product_1_image_2.jpg

Product_2_image_1.jpg

Product_2_image_2.jpg

and SAVE them to a NEW FOLDER:

NEW_IMAGES

flyhoney · December 16, 2008

This is untested, but you can use it as a guide:

<?php
$old_dir = 'IMAGES';
$new_dir = 'NEW_IMAGES';

if ($product_handle = opendir($old_dir)) 
{
while (($product = readdir($product_handle)) !== false) 
{
	if ($product != "." && $product != "..") 
	{
		echo "product: $product\n";
		if ($image_handle = opendir($product)) 
		{
			while (($image = readdir($image_handle)) !== false) 
			{
				if ($image != "." && $image != "..") 
				{
					echo "image: $image\n";
					$old_image = $old_dir . '/' . $product . '/' . $image;
					$new_image = $new_dir . '/' . $product . '_' . $image;

					if (!copy($old_image, $new_image)) 
					{
						echo "failed to copy $old_image...\n";
					}
					else 
					{
						echo "copied $old_image to $new_image...\n";
					}
				}
			}
			closedir($image_handle);
		}
	}
}
closedir($product_handle);
}
?>

Brian W · December 16, 2008

irfanview does it pretty nicely, just make sure you make a backup of the pictures first no matter what tool you use. I've heard horor stories about batch file modifications. safe practice anyways

irfanview also resize and get rid of red eye easily too. Its no photoshop or gimpshop, but its very handy and I even use it as my all around image viewer.

dflow · December 17, 2008

thanks ill try it out

dflow · February 4, 2009

ok took me some time to test it

i get this error:

product: apartment_331_1b.jpg

Warning: opendir(apartment_331_1b.jpg) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: No error in C:\wamp\www\dwhotel\Rename_images.php on line 47

for all the files in the folder

this is my code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>RENAME IMAGE</title>
</head>

<body>
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form1" id="form1">
  <table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
      <th scope="col"><label>
        <div align="center">
          <input type="text" name="old_dir" id="old_dir" />
          </div>
      </label></th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <div align="center">
          <input type="text" name="new_dir" id="new_dir" />
          </div>
      </label></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><label>
        <div align="center">
          <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Submit" />
          </div>
      </label></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>
</body>

<?php
$old_dir = $_POST['old_dir'];
$new_dir = $_POST['new_dir'];

if ($product_handle = opendir($old_dir)) 
{
   while (($product = readdir($product_handle)) !== false) 
   {
      if ($product != "." && $product != "..") 
      {
         echo "product: $product\n";
         if ($image_handle = opendir($product)) 
         {
            while (($image = readdir($image_handle)) !== false) 
            {
               if ($image != "." && $image != "..") 
               {
                  echo "image: $image\n";
                  $old_image = $old_dir . '/' . $product . '/' . $image;
                  $new_image = $new_dir . '/' . $product . '_' . $image;
                  
                  if (!copy($old_image, $new_image)) 
                  {
                     echo "failed to copy $old_image...\n";
                  }
                  else 
                  {
                     echo "copied $old_image to $new_image...\n";
                  }
               }
            }
            closedir($image_handle);
         }
      }
   }
   closedir($product_handle);
}
?>

</body>
</html>

this is the path to the old_dir:

C:\Documents and Settings\Dflow\Desktop\rome(2)\Rome\331

this is the path to the new_dir:

C:\Documents and Settings\Dflow\Desktop\rome(2)\Rome\331\Renamed

your help

thanks

nadeemshafi9 · February 4, 2009

if u get that error you have to

get a wooden stick()

cock it back()

and then swing it forwarnd( onto you windows box)

this is untested.

dflow · February 4, 2009

ok tried that

it is WORKING!!!!!

Not

anyone else?

nadeemshafi9 · February 4, 2009

if the path is right then the permissions are wrong, more than likely the path is wrong, i am sure its wrong

opendir(apartment_331_1b.jpg)

that does sound wrong, do some reading man, make it work proper, otherwise your just asking for the entire solution you might aswell give us the job.

dflow · February 4, 2009

ok changed path to localhost

now i get

Warning: opendir(http://localhost/dwhotel/images/331) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: not implemented in C:\wamp\www\dwhotel\Rename_images.php on line 40

nadeemshafi9 · February 4, 2009

ok changed path to localhost

now i get

Warning: opendir(http://localhost/dwhotel/images/331) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: not implemented in C:\wamp\www\dwhotel\Rename_images.php on line 40

is there a directory called 331 on your machine ?

dflow · February 9, 2009

hi yes the directory is 331

the folder that holds the images

nadeemshafi9 · February 9, 2009

put this in your browser and tell me what come up

http://localhost/dwhotel/images/331

dflow · February 10, 2009

put this in your browser and tell me what come up

http://localhost/dwhotel/images/331

i get:

Index of /dwhotel/images/331

* Parent Directory

* Thumbs.db

* apartment_331_1b.jpg

* apartment_331_2b.jpg

* apartment_331_3b.jpg

* apartment_331_4.jpg

* apartment_331_4b.jpg

* apartment_331_big.jpg

* apartment_331_in.jpg

* apartment_331_out.jpg

* apartment_331_xbig.jpg

nadeemshafi9 · February 10, 2009

basicaly i advise you to start from scratch, we dont whant to waste each others time.

this is what you do

read the names of all the directories into an array, if you want select directories then only specify them

then for each directory name in that array {

rewind directory handle

using the directory name read all the files names into an array

for each file in the array {

get the file using its name in this array

rename the file how you like

}

here is the manual

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/book.dir.php

dflow · February 12, 2009

cheers

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