wp_generate_attachment_metadata does not work for non-image files

  • Hi Support,

    I have a problem when using the command wp_generate_attachment_metadata.
    I don’t have a problem when dealing with image files e.g. PNG or JPEG.
    However, the command is failing for non image files like Audio or Video.
    It was able to insert the attachment in the “wp_posts” table, but it does not populate the corresponding data in “wp_postmeta” table.
    Please help, below are my code that is failing after successfully doing a wp_insert_attachment:

    if ($attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $file_path)) {
    wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);
    }

    Thanks in advance.

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  • Hi thefriendlancer,
    Please write below file somewhere in the beginning of your code :
    <?php include( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/image.php’ ); ?>
    Hope it work.

    In case not, can you please provide complete code snippet so that it become easy to debug your problem. Can you please provide the link. Hope you are uploading file from frontend.

    Following links can be useful:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_insert_attachment
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_generate_attachment_metadata
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_generate_attachment_metadata

    Thanks

    Thread Starter thefriendlancer

    (@thefriendlancer)

    cedcommerce

    Unfortunately, that did not work.
    Below is the complete code that I have.
    It is actually function in a custom plugin that I created.
    What it does is it is migrating files from an old system.
    Like I said, it works for images but not for audio or video files.

    The problem is it does not insert records in wp_postmeta.

    function migrate_old_site_media($old_site_file_folder, $old_site_file_name){

	require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-load.php');
	require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');

	require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );

	$artDir = 'wp-content/uploads/importedmedia/';
	$siteurl = get_option('siteurl');

	//if the directory doesn't exist, create it
	if(!file_exists(ABSPATH.$artDir)) {
		mkdir(ABSPATH.$artDir);
	}

	list($system_protocol, $system_folder_name) = explode($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], $siteurl);
	$old_site_orig_file_abspath = str_replace($system_folder_name, "", ABSPATH)  . $old_site_file_folder . '/' . $old_site_file_name;

	$file_info = getimagesize($old_site_orig_file_abspath);

	//create an array of attachment data to insert into wp_posts table
	$artdata = array();
	$artdata = array(
		'post_author' => 1,
		'post_date' => current_time('mysql'),
		'post_date_gmt' => current_time('mysql'),
		'post_title' => $old_site_file_name,
		'post_status' => 'inherit',
		'comment_status' => 'closed',
		'ping_status' => 'closed',
		'post_name' => sanitize_title_with_dashes(str_replace("_", "-", $old_site_file_name)), 'post_modified' => current_time('mysql'),
		'post_modified_gmt' => current_time('mysql'),
		'post_type' => 'attachment',
		'guid' => $siteurl . $artDir . $old_site_file_name,
		'post_mime_type' => $file_info['mime'],
		'post_excerpt' => '',
		'post_content' => ''
	);

	$uploads = wp_upload_dir();
	$old_site_migrated_to_system_path = $uploads['basedir'] . '/importedmedia/' . $old_site_file_name;

	//Copy original old_site file to WP uploads path.

	rename($old_site_orig_file_abspath, ABSPATH . $artDir . $old_site_file_name);

	$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $artdata, $old_site_migrated_to_system_path);

	//generate metadata and thumbnails then delete original old_site file
	if ($attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $old_site_migrated_to_system_path)) {
		wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);
	}
}
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