So far in Webmonkey, you've seen how PHP can be used for databasing and site navigation. It's pretty bland. In this article we're going to leave that dry stuff behind and concentrate on PHP's image-creation abilities.
This tutorial will teach you how to make thumbnails from an upload script in PHP. I will use a 100*100 thumbnail as an example. You can change the dimensions to whatever you like.
Many people do not realize that PHP can be used to create non-HTML data. This is especially useful for creating images on the fly. It could be simple bar graphs that display data from a database, or even simpler, just a way to create graphic buttons on the fly.
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