function importnewimages() {
    if (!$_REQUEST['list']) $_REQUEST['list'] = "1";
    if ($handle = opendir("pictures/")) {
        while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
          $fileInfo = pathinfo("pictures/" . $file);
          $extension = strtolower($fileInfo["extension"]);
              if($this->inDB($file)  {
                    $this->log("Importing '$file' (" . filesize("pictures/" . $file). " bytes)");
                $imported = 0;
                $imported++;
                @chmod("pictures/" . $file,0644);
            $this->createthumb($file);
                    $this->log(" * finished creating thumbnails");
            $this->addnew($file,$_REQUEST['list']);
                    $this->log(" * finished adding file to database");
                    $this->log(" = finished importing '$file'");
              }
        }
    }
    $this->write_iDB();
    closedir($handle);
        $this->updateDB();
    return $imported;
  }