Disconnect image cache from opencart 3 image manager

Question

When i upload any image for my Opencart 3 website, it takes close to 10 minutes for the image to appear in the image manager.

I discovered that the images are stuck in the cache before they upload to the main directory.

I have increased the values of my php.ini and the sizes of my images are between 25kb to 50kb and deployed many speed optimization apps and yet I still have the same delays.

Presently, I want to disconnect the cache from the image manager so all images gets loaded directly to the image manager

Please I need help

Answer 1

A simple way to do this is to change how the Model returns files to the front-end in \catalog\model\tool\image.php right at the bottom of the file you'll find this code:

if ($this->request->server['HTTPS']) {
    return $this->config->get('config_ssl') . 'image/' . $image_new;
} else {
    return $this->config->get('config_url') . 'image/' . $image_new;
}

You can change it to:

if ($this->request->server['HTTPS']) {
    return $this->config->get('config_ssl') . 'image/' . $image_old;
} else {
    return $this->config->get('config_url') . 'image/' . $image_old;
}