Resize images with PHP

Question

I have a quick question that I'm not quite sure to set up. I've seen examples elsewhere but nothing specifically like my situation. I would like to resize images using PHP so they're readable and not just wonkily stretched like if you use HTML. If they're not 250 pixels wide, or 160 pixels tall, how can I resize the picture so it's proportionate but fits within that space?

Thanks!

Answer 1

PHP does not manipulate images directly. You will need to use an image manipulation library such as gd or ImageMagick to accomplish this goal.

In ImageMagick, image resizing is accomplished like this:

$thumb = new Imagick('myimage.gif');

$thumb->resizeImage(320,240,Imagick::FILTER_LANCZOS,1);
$thumb->writeImage('mythumb.gif');

With GD, you can do it like this:

<?php
// The file
$filename = 'test.jpg';
$percent = 0.5;

// Content type
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');

// Get new dimensions
list($width, $height) = getimagesize($filename);
$new_width = $width * $percent;
$new_height = $height * $percent;

// Resample
$image_p = imagecreatetruecolor($new_width, $new_height);
$image = imagecreatefromjpeg($filename);
imagecopyresampled($image_p, $image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $new_width, $new_height, $width, $height);

// Output
imagejpeg($image_p, null, 100);
?>