[Resolved] dynamic thumbnails

pablodelapena

Im not exactly sure how to go about doing this....

If I have an image on the server how would i go about creating a tempoary thumbnail to display to the user. I dont want this image saved at all in a directory other than to display to the user the once.

Also, once ive created this tempoary image in a tempoary directory how would i go about finding it so i can display it on the page.

Not sur ehow clear iw as, basic recap....

create thumbnail from file on server (image directory known from database entry).
Store in a temp dir.
find file and display to user.

many thanks.

aconway

I found this script that i think works well, but it doesn't generate a new file it will only show a thumbnail on the page calling it.

you create a file like thumbnail.php

put this code in

$src = $_GET['src'];
	// create and return a thumbnail version of a jpg image
	// $src is passed in URL

// set up height and width of the created thmbnail
$width = 100;
$height = 65;

// read in the passed image
$im = imagecreatefromjpeg ("$src"); // Attempt to open

// create a blank image of the required size
$new = imagecreatetruecolor ($width, $height);

// copy a resied version of the original to the new image
imagecopyresized($new,$im,0,0,0,0,$width,$height,imagesx($im),imagesy($im));

// output header and file
header ("content-type: image/jpeg");
imagejpeg ($new);

// clear the image buffers
imagedestroy ($im);
imagedestroy ($new);

alter the height and width as you see fit.

then on the page you want to view it type

and you can play around with it to get what you want.

pablodelapena

wow, thats exactly what i needed🙂 and new functions too, ooh i llike playign with this🙂