Help! Creating Folders & Moving Files
 

I've got roughly 1800 movie files in a folder on the server named like this:
2BTB_061209_Cindy.mp4
2BTB_061211_Mia.mp4
2BTB_061219_Aaliyah.mp4

What I need to do is put them in a folder named the same as their filename, so I'll have:
2BTB_061209_Cindy/2BTB_061209_Cindy.mp4
2BTB_061211_Mia/2BTB_061211_Mia.mp4
2BTB_061219_Aaliyah/2BTB_061219_Aaliyah.mp4

So I copy the file name, create a new folder & name it after the file, then drag the file into the new folder.

I can't think of a faster way to do this, but maybe one of you can...

Try the free version of FiletoFolder. https://www.thecodeline.com/products...-feature-list/

Install it, then close it. Then, when your right click on a file, the context menu should have the FiletoFolder option. It will automatically create a folder of the same name and place the file inside.

That does look handy, but these are on the server so I'm doing everything via FTP.

Shit. I missed that part. It can be done in PHP, but I don't have those sort of skills. (I'm almost strictly a database interaction guy) CD34 could have created a script in 3 and half minutes while eating Arby's.

Here is a PHP script to automate it:


Before:

After:

OMFG!!!

OK, so I save the code* as greenguy_help.php then upload it to the server and then how do I run it? (I'm not tech savvy lol) Just go to it in a browser? "Execute" it via FTP?

*Is there supposed to be a ?> at the end of the code?

PS - If this works, Ramster will need your Paypal :D

I wouldn't run anything on my servers, or clients. I would just ask the hosting company, NationalNet to do this as they are paid to do it lol

Talk on Skype, if Skype actually updates you |lol|

I'd run shit on your servers no problem |couch|

Upload it to the directory your MP4s are in. If you have shell access, run it from the command line. If not you can run it from your browser, though the output messages will be all on one line.

It's optional.

I just tested it and works smoothly.

Vbulletin put two line breaks in when Howling pasted the code into the code thing. Note that the extension part is case sensitive.
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$path = ".";
$extensions = array( "mp4" );

$files = array_diff(scandir($path), array('.', '..'));

foreach ( $files as $file ) {
if ( ! is_file ( $file ) ) continue;
$file_parts = pathinfo( $file );
if ( ! in_array( $file_parts['extension'], $extensions ) ) continue;

if ( ! file_exists( $file_parts['filename'] ) && ! mkdir( $file_parts['filename'] ) ) { echo "Oops! Could not create directory {$file_parts['filename']}\n"; continue; }

$new_loc = $file_parts['filename'] . "/" . $file;
if ( ! file_exists( $new_loc ) && ! rename( $file, $new_loc ) ) { echo "Oops! Could not move {$file} to {$new_loc}\n"; continue; }

echo $file . " moved to {$new_loc} successfully.\n";
}
?>
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If you're scared, change the "mp4" to "jpg" in a folder of test images on your server, then go to the address of this php file in your browser. It won't hurt anything.

In that example, I changed the extension to "JPG" because it is case sensitive.

YOU GUYS ROCK!!! |party2

If it was on mine or Ramster's server, I'd run it myself, but like Ramster said, it's a client's server, so we'll have the host do it.

#pussy :D

1 - Worked PERFECTLY! |thumb

2 - Is it by any chance easy to go from this:
2BTB_061209_Cindy.mp4
2BTB_061211_Mia.mp4
2BTB_061219_Aaliyah.mp4

To this:
2BTB_061209_Cindy/source/2BTB_061209_Cindy.mp4
2BTB_061211_Mia/source/2BTB_061211_Mia.mp4
2BTB_061219_Aaliyah/source/2BTB_061219_Aaliyah.mp4

Sure. Try this:

Ramster & I |bow| to you!