errors when uploading a product image with same filename

[nextwave]

hi there

having a, problem when uploading an image over the top of an existing image

im sure i used to be able to do this on another store

 

scenario is as follows

 

a product has three images

image1.jpg

image2.jpg

image3.jpg

 

I get a newer image that id like to use in place of image 1

its also called image1.jpg

 

so i go to admin upload load it

and get errors

 

Warning: copy(/home/mystore/public_html/shop/images/image1.jpg) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/mystore/public_html/catalog/admin/includes/image_resize.php on line 193

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/mystore/public_html/catalog/admin/includes/image_resize.php:193) in /home/mystore/public_html/catalog/admin/includes/functions/general.php on line 104

 

 

how can i make sure that this newer image will just overwrite the one thats already there?

 

if i upload image1_new.jpg it works fine

but i dont want to have rename the images as i get them alreayd named ..

 

anyone got any advice they can help with?

 

thanks in advance if you do!

[Guest]

The page will not allow you to over-write images with the same file name. If you need to, use your FTP and delete the old images before you try to upload the new images.

 

 

 

Chris

[nextwave]

hi thanks for yuor reply

i do realize that

but im wondering how to set it up so newer uploaded images would overwrite the image thats there

so i dont have to go into ftp all the time

 

im sure i had it like that on a previous store

 

to do with permissions on the uploaded files?

 

but how to make sure an image is uploaded with the right permissions?

[♥mdtaylorlrim]

Ok, here's the deal. It's a permissions thing...

 

You are considered the owner of the files that you upload with ftp, or your cPanel.

When a file is uploaded through the osC process, the owner of the file is the web server process. IF the web server process has it's own group and you are in it, then it would work right if the group permissions allow writing. On a shared server that is usually not the case. So, the web server process is usually a part of 'everyone.' Or, the world.

 

So, if you upload a file with ftp it is default marked as writable by the owner and group only, and not the world. Since the web server is part of the world, the permissions will not match...

 

So, your fix is likely to use your ftp program and set all images to be world writable. That way the web server process can overwrite them.

 

 

To see the minimum permissions required to do this, select a specific file and make it writable only by the owner. That's you. Try to overwrite it with the osC process. It will (should) fail. Then set it to be writable by the group you are in. Try to overwrite it with the osC process. It may work but will likely fail. And finally, set the file to be world writable. That should work. Use those permissions for all image files and any new image files you upload with ftp will have to be manually changed to those permissions.