Re: Creating thumbnails using Image Functions, then saving to folders

On Wednesday 18 October 2006 19:40, Matthews, Chris wrote: > Good Morning: > > I am looking to create a thumbnail from an uploaded image, and then save it > to a directory. > > I don't have any problem with the image functions, and can successfully > create the thumbnail and push it to the browser or, as is currently set up, > store the data in a database. > > What I want to do instead, however, is take that dynamically created > thumbnail and write it to a folder on the server. > > If I simply write the file, however, it appears I need to have a folder > chmod'd world read/writable for the process to work. My network guys do > not want this. open a folder that is writable by the webserver e.g. apache. only way the images ever automaticly will be available for the users of the pages. No writeaccess no nothing. > > I tried the FTP functions, which work great for copying a file that already > exists somewhere into another folder, but I can't seem to get it to > recognize the buffer as a valid source file location... > > Is there a way to use a php FTP function to FTP the file out of the buffer > to a directory on the server, or some other way to write a file to a folder > without making that folder 0777? > > Chris Matthews > eGovernment Information Officer > Washoe County, Nevada > 775.328.3719 > http://www.washoecounty.us > > Director, West Region > National Association of Government Webmasters > http://www.nagw.org -- --- Børge Kennel Arivene http://www.arivene.net ---