Re: [PHP] Thumbnail generation

2002-12-23 Thread Mika Tuupola
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote: > Better yet, take the time to write an Image Abstraction Layer that'll > function just like a Database Abstraction Layer. You use the same functions > no matter what and depending on the config, either GD, Imagemagik, Netpbm, > or whatever is used to

Re: [PHP] Thumbnail generation

2002-12-23 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
> i want to generate the thumbnail of an image but I want my php to be > portable. How can I generate thumbnail without depending on php host > configuration (like --with-gd) ? Along with the othe suggestions, Netpbm is something that you can package up with your application so that you are al

Re: [PHP] Thumbnail generation

2002-12-22 Thread Jason Wong
On Monday 23 December 2002 14:26, Centaur zeus wrote: > Is there some common utilities recommended ? ImageMagick -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* It's not

Re: [PHP] Thumbnail generation

2002-12-22 Thread Centaur zeus
Is there some common utilities recommended ? From: Rasmus Lerdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Centaur zeus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Thumbnail generation Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 21:07:35 -0800 (PST) You are going to have to depend on something. If yo

Re: [PHP] Thumbnail generation

2002-12-22 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
You are going to have to depend on something. If you don't want to use GD, you are going to need some external mechanism which will have to be available. -Rasmus On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Centaur zeus wrote: > Hi all , > > i want to generate the thumbnail of an image but I want my php to be > po

RE: [PHP] Thumbnail Generation from DB Stored Images.

2001-07-13 Thread scott [gts]
Here is my code to turn a directory full of *files* into thumbnail images. im sure you can adapt it to your own needs... the code is a bit long-winded, but it was my first attempt at writing thumbnail code, so forgive me ;) // example call to the function make_thumbs('./pictures/cavern/', './

RE: [PHP] Thumbnail Generation from DB Stored Images.

2001-07-12 Thread Matthew Loff
Jason-- There are many reasons I don't quite recommend creating the thumbnails on the fly with ImageMagick: 1) I've heard many say that storing/retrieving images from MySQL databases isn't the greatest idea, because you end up with -huge- tables, which leads to long query times. 2) Resizing a J