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1. Gotcher
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I want to make a function that will take an image from the wordpress uploads directory and add it in the media library. So I added the following code in functions.php of my theme. Problem is, that every time I try to post the page keeps loading and never loads! This happens when wp_insert_attachment() is executed. $image_path represents the full local path to the image eg "/var/www/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/image.jpg".

   $wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype(basename($image_path), null );
   $attachment = array(
      'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
      'post_title' => preg_replace('/\.[^.]+$/', '', basename($image_path)),
      'post_content' => '',
      'post_status' => 'inherit'
   );
   $attach_id=wp_insert_attachment($attachment,$image_path);
   // you must first include the image.php file
   // for the function wp_generate_attachment_metadata() to work
   require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
   $attach_data=wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id,$image_path );
   wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id,$attach_data);

   I tried it with the default theme as well. Same problem. Any ideas?

2. Gotcher
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I found out that if the above code is executes inside a function called by add_filter it doesn't work. In any other case it works.

   Eg. this doesn't work

   add_filter('content_save_pre', 'foobar');
   
   function foobar(){
   $wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype(basename($image_path), null );
   $attachment = array(
      'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
      'post_title' => preg_replace('/\.[^.]+$/', '', basename($image_path)),
      'post_content' => '',
      'post_status' => 'inherit'
   );
   $attach_id=wp_insert_attachment($attachment,$image_path);
   // you must first include the image.php file
   // for the function wp_generate_attachment_metadata() to work
   require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
   $attach_data=wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id,$image_path );
   wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id,$attach_data);
   }

   Any ideas on how could I solve this?

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