Image resize without GD

[AGazzaz]

Hello,

i was just looking for GD in phpinfo() but i did not find it

i found a php tutorial on sitepoint where no GD was needed
but
the sizes of the images will not be reduces so if i am resizing a 200kb image it will still be 200kb small image and this is totally inefficient especially that i will use the script in a search page

is there any other way to do this job

[Hammer65]

ImageMagick

[spikeZ]

yes Imagemagick will do it IF it's on your server!

Without GD or Imagemaick you are going to struggle doing it online. Why cant you use GD?

[AGazzaz]

ImageMagick

Thank you Hammer65 but i don't think that my hosting provider will allow me to install imagemagick on the server or at least i do not know how

Without GD or Imagemaick you are going to struggle doing it online. Why cant you use GD?

because it is not provided by the server i checked phpinfo() and it was not there and i have no idea if i can install it for my own ot not

by the way the server's PHP Version is 4.4.3 shouldn't this version have GD by default

[spikeZ]

If your hosting provider doesn't have GD installed as standard I would seriously consider looking elsewhere!

[Hammer65]

It's no easier to install one than the other, but if the web host doesn't support either, you would have to use a service, or set one up yourself on a server that does support it.

[AGazzaz]

Thank you hammer65 and spikeZ
it is 12 am here so i will call my provider in the morning and see what will happen

thank you very much for your help it is really appreciated