On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 24 Nov 2008, at 14:41, Stan wrote:
>
>> Shouting is something that happens when people are actually speaking and
>> listening. In a medium where there is no other way to emphasize salient
>> points in a message, capitalization is all that works. I'm sorry it
>> offended your sensabilities.
>>
>
> It's actually well-established that capital letters indicate shouting. To
> emphasise words or phrases you should surround them with _ or *. The is also
> common practice.
>
>
> realpath() fails, just like file_exists() fails, to report the file as
>> non-existant.
>>
>> echo "realpath(\$basePicture) returns '" . realpath($basePicture) .
>> "'<br>\n";
>> echo "when \$basePicture is '" . $basePicture . "'<br>\n";
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> generates
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> realpath($basePicture) returns '/Stan-and-Jeanne.com/pictures/2008 west
>> coast trip/2008-06-10 first week at Chris'/DSC_0011.jpg'
>> when $basePicture is '../pictures/2008 west coast trip/2008-06-10 first
>> week
>> at Chris'/DSC_0011.jpg'
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> but ls DSC_0011.* in ../pictures/2008 west coast trip/2008-06-10 first
>> week
>> at Chris' returns only
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> DSC_0011.JPG
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> and
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> try {$image = new IMagick($basePicture);
>> } catch (Exception $e) {
>> echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
>> }
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> results in
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Caught exception: unable to open image `/Stan-and-Jeanne.com/pictures/2008
>> west coast trip/2008-06-10 first week at Chris'/DSC_0011.jpg': No such
>> file
>> or directory
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> so ... the following takes care of the extension problem in a very time
>> expensive way
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> try
>> {
>> $image = new IMagick($basePicture);
>> }
>> catch (Exception $e)
>> {
>> $basePicture =
>> substr($basePicture, 0, strrpos($basePicture, ".")) .
>> "." .
>> strtoupper(substr($basePicture, strrpos($basePicture, ".") + 1));
>> }
>> unset($image);
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> I don't actually consider this solved and I'll return to it after
>> everything
>> else at least works.
>>
>> Now I can proceed to my next problem.
>>
>
> You never answered one of my questions. Where are you getting $basePicture
> from? Why does it differ in case from the actual file on disk. If you ask me
> you'd be better off trying to resolve this problem further upstream at the
> point where the case gets changed but your workflow doesn't appear to notice
> it.
>
> -Stut
>
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why not just create a small script that will move the files into the correct
folder from a temp storage spot and rename them to lowercase, then you are
always dealing with the same case and it should make things easier for you.
--
Bastien
Cat, the other other white meat
