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Additional PHP Material example from a Well House Consultants training course
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<?php

header
("image/jpeg");
$image imagecreatefromjpeg($_GET[img]);

$result imagecreate(100,75);
$fg imagecolorallocate($result,255,255,255);
imagefilledrectangle($result,0,0,100,75,$fg);
$w imagesx($image);
$h imagesy($image);

$wscale 100 $w;
$hscale 75 $h;

// Following reduces image size to maintain aspect ratio
// Switch < to > to provide cropped thumbnails
// Just use simple constants to let aspect ratio change and distort images

if ($wscale $hscale) {
        
$xresult 100;
        
$yresult $h $wscale;
        
$xoffset 0;
        
$yoffset = (75 $yresult)/2;
} else {
        
$yresult 75;
        
$xresult $w $hscale;
        
$xoffset = (100 $xresult) / 2;
        
$yoffset 0;
}

ImageCopyresized($result,$image,$xoffset,$yoffset,0,0,$xresult,$yresult,$w,$h);

imagejpeg ($result);
?>

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