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//define a maxim size for the uploaded images
define (“MAX_SIZE”,”1000″);
// define the width and height for the thumbnail
// note that theese dimmensions are considered the maximum dimmension and are not fixed,
// because we have to keep the image ratio intact or it will be deformed
define (“WIDTH”,”75″);
define (“HEIGHT”,”75″);

// this is the function that will create the thumbnail image from the uploaded image
// the resize will be done considering the width and height defined, but without deforming the image
function make_thumb($siname,$tiname,$new_w,$new_h)
{
//get image extension.
$ext=getExtension($siname);
//creates the new image using the appropriate function from gd library
if(!strcmp(“jpg”,$ext) || !strcmp(“jpeg”,$ext))
$src_img=imagecreatefromjpeg($siname);

if(!strcmp(“png”,$ext))
$src_img=imagecreatefrompng($siname);

//gets the dimmensions of the image
$old_x=imageSX($src_img);
$old_y=imageSY($src_img);

// next we will calculate the new dimmensions for the thumbnail image
// the next steps will be taken:
// 1. calculate the ratio by dividing the old dimmensions with the new ones
// 2. if the ratio for the width is higher, the width will remain the one define in WIDTH variable
// and the height will be calculated so the image ratio will not change
// 3. otherwise we will use the height ratio for the image
// as a result, only one of the dimmensions will be from the fixed ones
$ratio1=$old_x/$new_w;
$ratio2=$old_y/$new_h;
if($ratio1>$ratio2) {
$thumb_w=$new_w;
$thumb_h=$old_y/$ratio1;
}
else {
$thumb_h=$new_h;
$thumb_w=$old_x/$ratio2;
}

// we create a new image with the new dimmensions
$dst_img=ImageCreateTrueColor($thumb_w,$thumb_h);

// resize the big image to the new created one
imagecopyresampled($dst_img,$src_img,0,0,0,0,$thumb_w,$thumb_h,$old_x,$old_y);

// output the created image to the file. Now we will have the thumbnail into the file named by $filename
if(!strcmp(“png”,$ext))
imagepng($tiname,$filename);
else
imagejpeg($tiname,$filename);

//destroys source and destination images.
imagedestroy($tiname);
imagedestroy($src_img);
}

// This function reads the extension of the file.
// It is used to determine if the file is an image by checking the extension.
function getExtension($str) {
$i = strrpos($str,”.”);
if (!$i) { return “”; }
$l = strlen($str) – $i;
$ext = substr($str,$i+1,$l);
return $ext;
}

thumbnail_maker($source_image_name,$thumb_image_name,WIDTH,HEIGHT);