Posted by eholz1 on 01/06/07 17:11

Hello Jerry,

I love your posts!!!

Thanks,

ehozl1


Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Michael Austin wrote:
> > Geoff Berrow wrote:
> >
> >> Message-ID: <1168063261.502489.160810@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> from
> >> eholz1 contained the following:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I am using some php code to check the size of images, and then
> >>> resize or determine new dimension for the image. GD seems quite slow.
> >>> It takes about 5 seconds (plus or minus) to calulate dimension for 7
> >>> jpeg images.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> You don't need GD to get image sizes
> >> http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.getimagesize.php
> >>
> >
> > if you are doing thumbnails you need neither.
> >
> > <a href='<?php echo $path ?>'>
> > <img src='<?php echo $imagelist[$i] ?>' width='50' height='50'
> > class='thumb'>
> >
> > I found this in a php script called imagebrowser.php (a google search
> > should locate it...)
> >
>
> And this is exactly what yous should NOT do. It causes the entire
> (large) image to load, then be resized by the browser.
>
> It is much better to create thumbnails and send an image of the
> appropriate size. Depending on the original image size, the size
> difference is enormous. For instance, if the original image size is
> 500x500, your thumbnail may be as much as 99% smaller than the original.
>
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