Image Handler 4 (for v1.5.x) Support Thread

[uswebworx]

As stated this isn't spam or a plug for me. But it's the reason I opened my own. I got tired of being jerked around by the "big boys" so to speak.
I will help anyone I can.

Tech support with the bigger guys is null and void usually as well as they are so "big" your question isn't important since they are so cheap. You find very few web hosts that know web design as well. (I am an exception as many here are). No body can give you unlimited bandwidth or unlimited space, read the terms of service closely. Someone has to pay for it.

I am running a store right now for a client that is using 25-45GB of bandwidth a month and had 0 downtime. (That's my plug for the end of the year).

Happy New Year Zen!!!

[DivaVocals]

Not that the current line of discussion isn't important or relevant, but as I stated previously, a discussion about web hosting is off-topic for this support thread. As such if the OP and anyone else wants to continue this particular discussion, I'd like to respectfully ask that it be moved to a new post as this topic is no longer about support for IH4..

[nigelt74]

@ You Go Daddy users


Ok this is an unsupported mod here, which may help you Go-Daddy fans

This hasn't been heavily tested so use at your own risK

from line 71 in your
/includes/functions/extra_functions/functions_bmz_io.php

function getCacheName($data, $ext='') {
  global $bmzConf;

  $md5  = md5($data);
  $file = $bmzConf['cachedir'] . '/' . $md5{0} . '/' . $md5.$ext;
  io_makeFileDir($file);
  return $file;
} 

try replacing it with this

function getCacheName($data, $ext='') {
  global $bmzConf;

  $md5  = md5($data);
//  $file = $bmzConf['cachedir'] . '/' . $md5{0} . '/' . $md5.$ext;
  $file = $bmzConf['cachedir'] . '/' . substr($md5,0,2) . '/' . $md5.$ext;
  io_makeFileDir($file);
  return $file;
} 

Currently Image Handler uses the first character of the optimised image for the sub directory name in your bmz_cache folder, so you will have 16 sub folders 0-f (hexidecimal), The change above instead take the first 2 characters of the optimised image name giving you 256 subfolders in the bmz_cache, so this should mean less images in each folder.

And just a note, there is no point trying to take the first 3 chars as that will give you 4096 folders which might kill the hamster that runs Go-Daddy

[DivaVocals]

@ You Go Daddy users


Ok this is an unsupported mod here, which may help you Go-Daddy fans

This hasn't been heavily tested so use at your own risK

from line 71 in your
/includes/functions/extra_functions/functions_bmz_io.php

function getCacheName($data, $ext='') {
  global $bmzConf;

  $md5  = md5($data);
  $file = $bmzConf['cachedir'] . '/' . $md5{0} . '/' . $md5.$ext;
  io_makeFileDir($file);
  return $file;
} 

try replacing it with this

function getCacheName($data, $ext='') {
  global $bmzConf;

  $md5  = md5($data);
//  $file = $bmzConf['cachedir'] . '/' . $md5{0} . '/' . $md5.$ext;
  $file = $bmzConf['cachedir'] . '/' . substr($md5,0,2) . '/' . $md5.$ext;
  io_makeFileDir($file);
  return $file;
} 

Currently Image Handler uses the first character of the optimised image for the sub directory name in your bmz_cache folder, so you will have 16 sub folders 0-f (hexidecimal), The change above instead take the first 2 characters of the optimised image name giving you 256 subfolders in the bmz_cache, so this should mean less images in each folder.

And just a note, there is no point trying to take the first 3 chars as that will give you 4096 folders which might kill the hamster that runs Go-Daddy

Wanted to add this.. since this is indeed an unsupported mod, I would ask that anyone who uses it and has issues take the discussion of those issues to a new thread..

[nigelt74]

Wanted to add this.. since this is indeed an unsupported mod, I would ask that anyone who uses it and has issues take the discussion of those issues to a new thread..

Yep any users who use the above mod/changes, go here and give you verdict/feedback