How do I upload two versions of the same file

[Andymcc77]

Hi,

I've looked for ages for an answer to this, hopefully someone can help me out.

I need to upload a jpg and place two versions of the file into a directory
(1st reduced in size, 2nd reduced further in size (i.e. thumbnail))

The problem I have is that I can reduce and copy the first version using move_uploaded_file(), however, I can't access the image again as it's been uploaded, is it possible to save a copy of the image for a second resize and upload ?

Any help appreciated.

Andy

[spikeZ]

Hi Andy, one method is to have the upload complete and the file is on the server then make a copy of it using copy().

So upload your big file and then make a smaller copy of it

[Andymcc77]

Hi Spike,

Does that mean there is a copy function which allows a resize also ?

[spikeZ]

No, you would use copy in conjunction with an image manipulation script to create the thumbnail. Something like imagejpeg or one of the other imagecreate functions.

Have a look through the user notes for functions.

[wheeler]

I did the same thing recently, following this method:

1. upload the large image, move and resize to a max width
2. using the resized large image, create the thumbnail to a max width

There is no need to use the temp file twice.

[Andymcc77]

Thanks for the responses, I'll look into and let people know how I got on for future reference.