Re: Imagejpeg and image size question

Hi, Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 9:50:20 PM, you wrote: J> Hi, J> I am new to manipulating JPGs using PHP. But i managed to create an J> application that displays an JPG image in the browser (see below). J> I have boiled the code down to the most nesesary. J> My problem is that when i load the file "c:\file.jpg" directly in the J> IE browser (using <IMG SRC='c:\file.jpg'>), and then get properties on the J> image by J> right clicking in the browser. the size is the same as it is on the HD J> (83Kb). J> However when i use the PHP code and get properties on the image by J> right clicking in the browser. the image size is 264Kb. J> How come the picture is bigger when loaded trough PHP as it is when J> loaded trough the browser directly ? J> best regards J> John J> <-----generate_jpg_picture.php starts-------> J> <?php J> header("Content-type: image/jpeg", true); J> $path = $_GET['filepath']; J> $im = imagecreatefromjpeg($path); J> Imagejpeg($im, '', 100); J> ImageDestroy($im); ?>> J> <-----generate_jpg_picture.php ends-------> J> <-----some_file.php starts-------> J> <html> J> <head> J> <title>PHP Test</title> J> </head> J> <body> J> <IMG SRC='generate_jpg_picture.php?filepath=<?php echo J> urlencode("c:\\file.jpg"); ?>'> J> <IMG SRC='c:\file.jpg'> J> </body> J> </html> J> <-----some_file.php ends-------> Because you are sending it at 100% quality which is no compression, try backing it off to 30%. Probably the original was not at 100% quality anyway. -- regards, Tom