Upload and resize image on the fly

[ymangitu]

Hi, I'm building my own PHP photo album and wondering if there's any way to upload and resize an image on the fly? This means not having to upload the entire image size. For example, if I'm about to upload a 3000x2000 pixels image @ 3MB, can I convert that image ON THE FLY during upload to let's say 800x600 ? If this is possible, then users don't have to wait the entire time to upload a big image and then resize it on the server. Thanks in advance.

Yohanes

[Alexei Kubarev]

im affraid you willh ave to upload it first and thenwork with it..

[ymangitu]

Since the resizing must be DONE during or before the upload, then I guess it must be done on client-side, am I right? Can I use javascript or some other client-side programming to do this? I really don't want to waste time uploading full size images only to resize them on the server, it's way too much time and bandwidth. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Yohanes

[gesf]

hummm ymangitu, Alexei is right! It must be done on server-side.
A great idea is to compress it somehow and your script will de-compress it (sorry, don't know how to say it :p)
and resize it.

Sounds good ?

[Alexei Kubarev]

using compression before uploading is a good idea but will most probably require actions from the user

[gesf]

Hunn... didn't thought about that!
I'm affraid there's nothing to do about the upload time of large files.

[ruturajv]

you probably need a java applet for your purpose.

[php-vikas]

I dont think that it is possible to resize a image on the fly without uploading the image on the server. You must have to upload the image on the server before resizing.






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[Alexei Kubarev]

even with flash you will have to upload the image temporarly...then resize it..