PHP GD - resizing image frame/canvas but not the actual image

Question

I have an image with size 88x31 and would like to make it 100x100 without resizing the actual image but only its canvas/frame, maybe by copying it in the center of the new blank white image with 100x100 size. Any ideas how to do it?

Answer 1

The correct method is to create a new image and then copy the old image into the middle of it (assuming the starting image is is a JPEG and smaller than 100x100):

$oldimage = imagecreatefromjpeg($filename);
$oldw = imagesx($oldimage);
$oldh = imagesy($oldimage);

$newimage = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100); // Creates a black image

// Fill it with white (optional)
$white = imagecolorallocate($newimage, 255, 255, 255);
imagefill($newimage, 0, 0, $white);

imagecopy($newimage, $oldimage, (100-$oldw)/2, (100-$oldh)/2, 0, 0, $oldw, $oldh);