How do I disable file image renaming when creating products programatically?

Question

I am creating products and adding images to them using

$configurable->addImageToMediaGallery($filePath, array('image', 'small_image', 'thumbnail'), false);

This works fine. However I am getting files save in the media folder with names like:

/media/catalog/product/w/w/wwwhatever_2_4_1_2_1_3_1.png

After a few test runs the proliferation of these media files is jolly alarming. I am also attaching the files to the simple products using the same technique as for the configurable.

I have tried setting $uploader->setAllowRenameFiles(false); in various places, which I thought might fix the problem. But that didn't work.

I am looking for a solution that ideally enables the file renaming to work as normal during normal admin operation, e.g. for CMS files etc., but breaks the rule just for my product creation module.

Answer 1

Have a look at the function _getUniqueFileName in the class Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Attribute_Backend_Media I think this is the function that renames files if the already exist.

It seems to use the Varien_File_Uploader::getNewFileName which checks the given file if there is already one matching. If there is then it updates the filename by 1 and tries again.