Re: image uploading/resizing best practices in PHP
| From: | Shafiq Rehman | Date: | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:26:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: image uploading/resizing best practices in PHP | ||
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Option one is much better.
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Shafiq Rehman (ZCE)
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On 3/22/07, Tijnema ! <tijnema@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/22/07, Dwayne Heronimo <dwayne@orbitalnets.com> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I would like to make a script to upload a jpg filewith php to a server;
> then
> > make a thumb; save if for later use. And store the path to the image in
> a
> > database to display it later. But what is the best practice to do this
> on a
> > relatively low traffic website?
> >
> > I dont know where to begin but I have 2 appoaches:
> >
> > 1. To make a script to upload the image and resize this on the fly and
> store
> > only the thumb image somewhere for later use. While also to store the
> image
> > path in de database for later retrieval.
>
> The best way i think if you have enough space on the server to store the
> thumb.
>
> >
> > 2. to make a script to only upload the image as is and then insert the
> image
> > path in the database for later use. And upon displaying the image to use
> > like a nondistructive <img scr="resizer.php?imgfile=image.jpg&width=250"
> > border=0> resizer to display the image in the desired dimentions.
> This one is worser then the first one, because everytime you request
> the thumb would cost some CPU power. This isn't a lot, but if you are
> gonna process 1000s thumbs a time, it will really make difference in
> performance.
>
> >
> > Which one would be the best practice now a days for a relative low
> traffic
> > site?
> > I really have no idean how to build this but I have a good approach I
> maybe
> > could start searching for something more specific.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Dwayne
> >
> You should have a look at the image functions of
> PHP(www.php.net/image). Creating the thumbs is the hardest part. The
> upload part should be no problem with a little bit of google :)
> Or you might want to google for a full working scripts, i saw them around.
>
> Tijnema
>
>
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