Look at files in a directory, move them into new directories based on Date Created

move_files.php

<?php
/*
    Created by Colin Devroe
    cdevroe.com
*/


// Help
if ( isset($argv[1]) && ($argv[1] == '-h' || $argv[1] == '-help') ) :
    print 'Colin\'s Photo Backup Utility' . "\n";
    print '===========================================' . "\n";
    print 'This script copies files into new' . "\n";
    print 'directories based on their created date.' . "\n";
    print '-------------------------------------------' . "\n";
    print "\n";
    print 'To use:' . "\n";
    print 'php move.php Location true/false' . "\n";
    print "\n";
    print 'Locations:' . "\n";
    print '- OneDrive' . "\n";
    print '- Backup' . "\n";
    print '- Mobile' . "\n";
    print "\n";
    print 'false flag will run "test" (default)' . "\n";
    print 'true flag will actually copy files' . "\n";
    print "\n";
    exit;
endif;

// Arguments
$confirmed                          = (isset($argv[2]) && $argv[2] == 'true') ? $argv[2] : false; // true = actually do work, false is a test
$location_to_move_to                = (isset($argv[1])) ? $argv[1] : 'OneDrive';

// Locations
$locations                          = [];
$locations['OneDrive']              = '/Users/cdevroe/OneDrive/Photo Archive';
$locations['Backup']                = '/Volumes/Zoar/Carbonite Photo Storage';
$locations['Mobile']                = '/Volumes/Wade Watts/Photo Archive';

// Setup
$directory_of_files                 = '/Users/cdevroe/Sites/photo_scripts/move';
$directory_of_moved_files           = $locations[$location_to_move_to];
$filename_prefix_for_duplicates     = 'duplicate_';
$number_of_files_moved              = 0;
$number_of_directories_created      = 0;
$number_of_possible_duplicates      = 0;
$files_to_move                      = getAllFilesIn( $directory_of_files );

/*
    Loop through all files
    If not a directory or weird file:
     - Determine what the Created Date is
     - Create directories based on the Created Date YYYY/MM/DD
     - Copy the file into the appropriate directory
     - Iterate count
*/

foreach ( $files_to_move as $file ):

        $file_date_created              = filemtime( $file );
        $directory_to_create            = $directory_of_moved_files . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . date( "Y/m/d", $file_date_created );

        if ( !file_exists( $directory_to_create ) ) :
            if ( $confirmed ) :
                mkdir( $directory_to_create, 0777, true );
            endif;
            $number_of_directories_created++;
        endif;

        if ( !file_exists( $directory_to_create . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . basename($file) ) ) :
            if ( $confirmed ) :
                copy( $file, $directory_to_create . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . basename($file));
            endif;
            $number_of_files_moved++;
        else :
            if ( $confirmed ) :
                copy( $file, $directory_to_create . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename_prefix_for_duplicates . basename($file));
            endif;
            $number_of_possible_duplicates++;
        endif;

endforeach;

if ( $confirmed ) :
    print "$number_of_directories_created directories created and $number_of_files_moved files moved. $number_of_possible_duplicates were marked as possible duplicates.";
else :
    print "$number_of_directories_created directories would have been created and $number_of_files_moved files would have been moved. $number_of_possible_duplicates would be marked as possible duplicates.";
endif;



// Function to get all files within a directory and its subdirectories.
function getAllFilesIn( $path = '', &$name = array() ) {

    $path               = $path == '' ? dirname(__FILE__) : $path;
    $lists              = @scandir($path);
 
    if ( !empty($lists) ) :
        
        foreach ( $lists as $f ) :
            if ( is_dir( $path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$f ) && $f == $directory_of_moved_files ) { continue; }
            
            if ( is_dir( $path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$f ) && $f != ".." && $f != "." && $f != ".DS_Store" ) :

                getAllFilesIn( $path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$f, $name );

            else :

                if( $f != ".." && $f != "." && $f != ".DS_Store" ) :
                    $name[] = $path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$f;
                endif;

            endif;

        endforeach;

    endif;
  return $name;
}
?>

Works well, but be aware that this script will strip any Finder tags from the files. There might be a way to preserve extended attributes during a copy in PHP, but I don't have the time to find it at the moment.

@ibuys Thanks for the warning. I do not personally use Finder tags but I'm glad to know this.

@ibuys One reason this happens is that I'm using copy(). Perhaps I'll switch this script to mv.

I've now updated the script to:

• Accept argument for locations - This way I can send files to OneDrive or my two backup hard disks.
• Argument to "confirm" - If you do not use a second argument of "true" the script will only run a "mock" run.
• Added help information - simply run -help (this is mainly so that I don't forget and have to read the script)

I'd like to make this new stuff a bit cleaner and easier to use from the command line in the future. So any tips are welcome.