XF 2.3 Script for broken images?

[PaulProe]

I am a member of a Xenforo forum that is (was) photo-intensive. But it still has issues with the old 'PhotoBucket' linked images. About 50% of the images on the site now display as the Blue Bar "Sorry, Image isn't currently available"

One member posted quite frequently, using Photobucket links. His PB account is now gone, they admit it is deleted it completely and non-recoverable. He still has the original files on his hard drive.

Curious if anyone has written a script, or if it is even possible, to read the site's files and database and reload any image that matches file names? We could put all his images into a folder and then upload any matches.

Is this doable, or are we destined to live with the blue warning box? We are not opposed to paying for help to accomplish this.

Thanks for any ideas or input

Paul

ps: thev've installed plugins to capture new images so we don't live this fiasco again. But those plugins can't capture images that aren't on the net somewhere. Andy, maybe a tweak to your plugins could do it?

 

[briansol]

I don't think you'd have the data from the photobucket url alone.

like

DSC-1234.jpg from an old sony camera ends up as 34324-343242-my-picture.jpg if they user titled it. Maybe you'll get some to line up. I hope someone else thinks of something better but i haven't.

 

[PaulProe]

Brian,
I am aware of this, however in our case, the file name is appended with a PhotoBucket code. ie, Image IMG_5906.jpg is listed in the code as "IMG_5906_zps215ab246.jpg" While the code changes with each image, the format does not. It would be relatively easy to extract or match the file name or ignore the Photobucket code.

If we could recover even 25% that would be a vast improvement.

Paul