how to prevent image from being deleted when a product is deleted?

is there a way to prevent this? im on zen cart 1.5.x

To my knowledge, the image is not deleted when the associated product is deleted

it was deleted in mine, i just tested it using the admin.

The image is deleted when a Product is deleted if that image is not used by another Product ...

About the only way to change this, without customizing the code, would be to change the image on the Product before deleting it with an image you do not care about ... then when the image is deleted it does not matter ...

If you really need the image after deleting the Product, you could always just FTP that image back to the server ...

which code should i customize and which part?

To prevent the deletion of a Product from deleting the image(s) for it you would have to edit the file:
/your_secret_admin/includes/functions/general.php

and add the code in RED around line 1362:

  
function zen_remove_product($product_id, $ptc = 'true') {
    global $db;
    $product_image = $db->Execute("select products_image
                                   from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
                                   where products_id = '" . (int)$product_id . "'");

    $duplicate_image = $db->Execute("select count(*) as total
                                     from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
                                     where products_image = '" . zen_db_input($product_image->fields['products_image']) . "'");

[B]// ===============
// =============== CODE CHANGED: TURN OFF DELETION OF IMAGES WHEN PRODUCTS ARE DELETED
// ===============
[/B]    if ([B]false && [/B]$duplicate_image->fields['total'] < 2 and $product_image->fields['products_image'] != '' && PRODUCTS_IMAGE_NO_IMAGE != substr($product_image->fields['products_image'], strrpos($product_image->fields['products_image'], '/')+1)) {

NOTE: Making this change means the images will NEVER be deleted from the server unless you manually delete them

Ajeh:

To prevent the deletion of a Product from deleting the image(s) for it you would have to edit the file:
/your_secret_admin/includes/functions/general.php

and add the code in RED around line 1362:

function zen_remove_product($product_id, $ptc = 'true') {
global $db;
$product_image = $db->Execute("select products_image
from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
where products_id = '" . (int)$product_id . "'");

$duplicate_image = $db->Execute("select count(*) as total
                                 from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
                                 where products_image = '" . zen_db_input($product_image->fields['products_image']) . "'");

[B]// ===============
// =============== CODE CHANGED: TURN OFF DELETION OF IMAGES WHEN PRODUCTS ARE DELETED
// ===============
[/B] if ([B]false && [/B]$duplicate_image->fields['total'] < 2 and $product_image->fields['products_image'] != '' && PRODUCTS_IMAGE_NO_IMAGE != substr($product_image->fields['products_image'], strrpos($product_image->fields['products_image'], '/')+1)) {

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> 
> NOTE: Making this change means the images will NEVER be deleted from the server unless you manually delete them

thanks, it worked like a charm

Thanks for the update that this worked for you to prevent Product Images from being deleted from the server when you deleted Products ... :smile:

Be sure you do periodic maintenance on the server for images that are no longer needed or they will build up over time ...