note 36309 added to function.imagecreatefromstring

Some say that BLOBS are unefficient or even stupid to use, but the truth is that dinamic content works much better while having the capability of reading information "attached" in some way to the image. imagecreatefromstring gives you the posibility to create great thumbnails, see the examples given in the comments above. If you must create an image in the middle of a sea of html, it's always possible using the output buffering options (see function "ob_start();"), so you don´t have to deal with annoying "headers already sent..." problems. Some still say that it is not possible, well, they have to read a little. If you still cannot get rid of "ÿØÿà", try using your script for creating thumbnails in a separate file, just call it from your main page, here´s an example: MY MAIN PAGE CALLS THE THUMBNAILING SCRIPT IN ORDER TO OUTPUT AN IMAGE TO THE BROWSER: <?php echo "<img src=\"view.php?se={$row_Recordset1['id']}\";></img>"; ?> MY THUMBNAILING SCRIPT WORKS IN A SEPARATE FILE "view.php" wich resizes and gives output: //validate connection <?php require_once('Connections/promo.php'); ?> //get "se" variable passed by my MAIN PAGE <?php $colname_Recordset1 = "1"; if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['se'])) { $colname_Recordset1 = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['se'] : addslashes($HTTP_GET_VARS['se']); } mysql_select_db($database_promo, $promo); //select info from DBASE, creatign logic to get the rigth info $query_Recordset1 = sprintf("SELECT * FROM files WHERE id = %s", $colname_Recordset1); $Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_Recordset1, $promo) or die(mysql_error()); $row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1); $totalRows_Recordset1 = mysql_num_rows($Recordset1); //Tell browser kind of image to expect header('Content-Type: image/jpeg'); $data = $row_Recordset1["fileContents"]; //set new height $size = 115; // new image height script adapted by Raul Rodriguez Haro for mueblesexcell.com.mx $src = imagecreatefromstring ($data); $width = imagesx($src); $height = imagesy($src); $aspect_ratio = $height/$width; //start resizing if ($height <= $size) { $new_w = $width; $new_h = $height; } else { $new_h = $size; $new_w = abs($new_h / $aspect_ratio); } $img = imagecreatetruecolor ($new_w,$new_h); //output image imagecopyresampled ($img,$src,0,0,0,0,$new_w,$new_h,$width,$height); // determine image type and send it to the brow imagejpeg($img, '', 90); imagedestroy($img); mysql_free_result($Recordset1); ?> READY!!!!! You have a fully functional thumbnails gallery. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagecreatefromstring.php Edit Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+36309 Delete Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+36309&report=yes Reject Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+36309&report=yes Search Tool -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php