PHP native graphics/image function

[Ruby Tuesday]

How do I find the information about an image, e.g. its dimension, whether
it's jpg, tiff, bmp, gif, etc using the
native PHP function? I know that we can do it by using the imagemagick, but
perhaps some webhosting site does not have that installed. Thanks

[Ruby Tuesday]

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Once we determine the type of the image, it's size, then I'd like to
resize(proportionately), then convert them to, say, a jpg file. And, then
display them. Thanks

"Ruby Tuesday" <ru*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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How do I find the information about an image, e.g. its dimension, whether
it's jpg, tiff, bmp, gif, etc using the
native PHP function? I know that we can do it by using the imagemagick, but perhaps some webhosting site does not have that installed. Thanks

[Steven C. Gallafent]

"Ruby Tuesday" <ru*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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How do I find the information about an image, e.g. its dimension, whether
it's jpg, tiff, bmp, gif, etc using the
native PHP function? I know that we can do it by using the imagemagick, but perhaps some webhosting site does not have that installed. Thanks

You might start with the manual:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php

Here's a script you can tinker with to get started:

<?PHP
// Capture GET parameters
$source_file = $_GET['image'];
$new_width = $_GET['width'];
$new_height = $_GET['height'];

// Open source image file and get image dimensions
$old_image = imagecreatefromjpeg($source_file);
$old_width = imagesx($old_image);
$old_height = imagesy($old_image);

// Create blank image
$new_image = imagecreatetruecolor($new_width,$new_height);

// Copy and resize old image into new image resource and then return to
browser

imagecopyresized($new_image,$old_image,0,0,0,0,$ne w_width,$new_height,$old_w
idth,$old_height);
header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
imagejpeg($new_image);
?>

Called with:
<img src="imagethumb.php?image=test.jpg&width=100&heigh t=75" ... />

Steve
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[Savut]

The getimagesize() function will determine the size of any GIF, JPG, PNG,
SWF, SWC, PSD, TIFF, BMP, IFF, JP2, JPX, JB2, JPC, XBM, or WBMP image file
and return the dimensions along with the file type and a height/width text
string to be used inside a normal HTML IMG tag.

http://ca.php.net/function.getimagesize

Savut

"Ruby Tuesday" <ru*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c4*************@ID-205437.news.uni-berlin.de...

How do I find the information about an image, e.g. its dimension, whether
it's jpg, tiff, bmp, gif, etc using the
native PHP function? I know that we can do it by using the imagemagick,
but
perhaps some webhosting site does not have that installed. Thanks