Revisions to Programmatically adding images to media library

From https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_attachment: "$filename Location of the file on the server.". In the previous version, the argument was the name of the file, not its path. Plus cosmetic edits because SO wants at least 6 changed characters.

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edit approved Oct 22, 2018 at 21:54

philippe_b

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$image_url ='adress= 'adress img';
 
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

 $image_data = file_get_contents( $image_url );

 $filename = basename( $image_url );

 if ( wp_mkdir_p( $upload_dir['path'] ) ) {
  $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
 }
else {
  $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;
}
  
file_put_contents( $file, $image_data );

$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype( $filename, null );

 $attachment = array(
  'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
  'post_title' => sanitize_file_name( $filename ),
  'post_content' => '',
  'post_status' => 'inherit'
 );
 
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename$file );
 require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
 $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $file );
 wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );

$image_url ='adress img';
 
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

 $image_data = file_get_contents($image_url);

 $filename = basename($image_url);

 if (wp_mkdir_p($upload_dir['path']))
 $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
 else
 $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;

 file_put_contents($file, $image_data);

$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null);

 $attachment = array(
 'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
 'post_title' => sanitize_file_name($filename),
 'post_content' => '',
 'post_status' => 'inherit'
 );
 
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename );
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
 $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $file);
 wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);

$image_url = 'adress img';
 
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

$image_data = file_get_contents( $image_url );

$filename = basename( $image_url );

if ( wp_mkdir_p( $upload_dir['path'] ) ) {
  $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
}
else {
  $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;
}
 
file_put_contents( $file, $image_data );

$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype( $filename, null );

$attachment = array(
  'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
  'post_title' => sanitize_file_name( $filename ),
  'post_content' => '',
  'post_status' => 'inherit'
);
 
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $file );
require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
$attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $file );
wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );

added a missing line: insert the attachment

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edit approved Oct 30, 2017 at 17:13

Omtara

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$image_url ='adress img';
 
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

 $image_data = file_get_contents($image_url);

 $filename = basename($image_url);

 if (wp_mkdir_p($upload_dir['path']))
 $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
 else
 $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;

 file_put_contents($file, $image_data);

$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null);

 $attachment = array(
 'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
 'post_title' => sanitize_file_name($filename),
 'post_content' => '',
 'post_status' => 'inherit'
 );
 
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename );
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
 $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $file);
 wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);

$image_url ='adress img';
 
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

 $image_data = file_get_contents($image_url);

 $filename = basename($image_url);

 if (wp_mkdir_p($upload_dir['path']))
 $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
 else
 $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;

 file_put_contents($file, $image_data);

$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null);

 $attachment = array(
 'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
 'post_title' => sanitize_file_name($filename),
 'post_content' => '',
 'post_status' => 'inherit'
 );
 
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
 $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $file);
 wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);

$image_url ='adress img';
 
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

 $image_data = file_get_contents($image_url);

 $filename = basename($image_url);

 if (wp_mkdir_p($upload_dir['path']))
 $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
 else
 $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;

 file_put_contents($file, $image_data);

$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null);

 $attachment = array(
 'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
 'post_title' => sanitize_file_name($filename),
 'post_content' => '',
 'post_status' => 'inherit'
 );
 
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename );
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
 $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $file);
 wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);

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created Feb 17, 2017 at 12:27

TrubinE

1k
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$image_url ='adress img';
 
$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();

 $image_data = file_get_contents($image_url);

 $filename = basename($image_url);

 if (wp_mkdir_p($upload_dir['path']))
 $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
 else
 $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;

 file_put_contents($file, $image_data);

$wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null);

 $attachment = array(
 'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
 'post_title' => sanitize_file_name($filename),
 'post_content' => '',
 'post_status' => 'inherit'
 );
 
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
 $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $file);
 wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);

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