Server Side Image Resizer
The code uses PHP to resize an image (currently only jpeg). Using this method, the resized image is of much better quality than a browser-side resizing. The file size of the new downsized image is also smaller (quicker to download).
The code comes in two parts:
- imageResizer() is used to process the image
- loadimage() inserts the image url in a simpler format
<?php
function imageResizer($url, $width, $height) {
header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
list($width_orig, $height_orig) = getimagesize($url);
$ratio_orig = $width_orig/$height_orig;
if ($width/$height > $ratio_orig) {
$width = $height*$ratio_orig;
} else {
$height = $width/$ratio_orig;
}
// This resamples the image
$image_p = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
$image = imagecreatefromjpeg($url);
imagecopyresampled($image_p, $image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, $width_orig, $height_orig);
// Output the image
imagejpeg($image_p, null, 100);
}
//works with both POST and GET
$method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
if ($method == 'GET') {
imageResize($_GET['url'], $_GET['w'], $_GET['h']);
} elseif ($method == 'POST') {
imageResize($_POST['url'], $_POST['w'], $_POST['h']);
}
// makes the process simpler
function loadImage($url, $width, $height){
echo 'image.php?url=', urlencode($url) ,
'&w=',$width,
'&h=',$height;
}
?>
Usage
Above code would be in a file called image.php.
Images would be displayed like this:
<img src="<?php loadImage('image.jpg', 50, 50) ?>"