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MtDemonics

Reputation: 235

How can I generate a thumbnails from a directory of images using PHP?

I have full high quality images and in a specific directly on my website. Using PHP I would like to generate thumbnails from this directory to another directory called 'thumbs'.

I managed to find a code to do a thumbnail of a particular image, but when I tried to do it for a whole folder it didn't work.

Then I found another code from here which seems to be what I'm looking for (only the first part). Unfortunately, I do not know where to insert the source and destination into the code.

    /* function:  generates thumbnail */
function make_thumb($src,$dest,$desired_width) {
  /* read the source image */
  $source_image = imagecreatefromjpeg($src);
  $width = imagesx($source_image);
  $height = imagesy($source_image);
  /* find the "desired height" of this thumbnail, relative to the desired width  */
  $desired_height = floor($height*($desired_width/$width));
  /* create a new, "virtual" image */
  $virtual_image = imagecreatetruecolor($desired_width,$desired_height);
  /* copy source image at a resized size */
  imagecopyresized($virtual_image,$source_image,0,0,0,0,$desired_width,$desired_height,$width,$height);
  /* create the physical thumbnail image to its destination */
  imagejpeg($virtual_image,$dest);
}

/* function:  returns files from dir */
function get_files($images_dir,$exts = array('jpg')) {
  $files = array();
  if($handle = opendir($images_dir)) {
    while(false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
      $extension = strtolower(get_file_extension($file));
      if($extension && in_array($extension,$exts)) {
        $files[] = $file;
      }
    }
    closedir($handle);
  }
  return $files;
}

/* function:  returns a file's extension */
function get_file_extension($file_name) {
  return substr(strrchr($file_name,'.'),1);
}

Where do I input my source and destination of the folders please?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2310

Answers (1)

Jim
Jim

Reputation: 22656

The input directory would be $images_dir in get_files.

You'll need to loop over the results of this method and call make_thumb where $dest will be the final name of that particular file.

Something like this (haven't tested this):

//Set up variables we need
$image_directory = "/some/directory/with/images/";
$thumbs_directory = "/some/directory/for/thumbs/";
$desired_width = 100;

//Get the name of files in $image_directory
foreach(get_files($image_directory) as $image){
    //Call make thumb with the given image location and put it into the thumbs directory.
    make_thumb($image_directory . $image, $thumbs_directory . $image, $desired_width)
}

Upvotes: 1

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