How Do I Make Image Size Smaller For A Thumbnail?

[Volitics]

Can someone tell me how to make an image smaller when it downloads onto the page from the server. In other words, if there is an image on the server that has dimensions of 250 pixels x 350 pixels with 100,000 bytes of size and I want to make a thumbnail of that image on another page with smaller dimensions and maybe 1/5th of the size does PHP have a function that would do that?

What I need the image to be smaller for is so that it will download faster.

I could put smaller dimensions in the image source tag but that won't work. The entire image still has to download.

What I need is for the image to have a smaller size both in terms of dimensions and bytes.

The PHP Manual has numerous functions for manipulating images. I may be just overlooking but I don't see where any of them explicitly does what I want it to do?

Thanks

[Weedpacket]

You mean something like imagecopyresized/b?

[Volitics]

Weedpacket,

Yes, that's it. I've looked at this one earlier - but didn't read it very good though. I only read to the part where it says resizing "part" of the image.

After reading the whole thing through I think it will do exactly what I need.

Sorry for the trouble.

Thanks.