Intervention image aspect ratio

Question

I want to resize my images through Intervention image functionality in Laravel 4, but to keep aspect ratio of an image, this is what my code looks like:

$image_make         = Image::make($main_picture->getRealPath())->fit('245', '245', function($constraint) { $constraint->aspectRatio(); })->save('images/articles/'.$gender.'/thumbnails/245x245/'.$picture_name);

Problem is that this doesn't keep aspect ratio of my image, thanks.

Answer 1

If you need to resize within constraints you should use resize not fit. If you also need center the image inside the constraints, you should create a new canvas and insert the resized image within that:

// This will generate an image with transparent background
// If you need to have a background you can pass a third parameter (e.g: '#000000')
$canvas = Image::canvas(245, 245);

$image  = Image::make($main_picture->getRealPath())->resize(245, 245, function($constraint)
{
    $constraint->aspectRatio();
});

$canvas->insert($image, 'center');
$canvas->save('images/articles/'.$gender.'/thumbnails/245x245/'.$picture_name);