GD ImageJPEG Question

[Ducky]

I'm currently running a script to upload an image and store it as a blob in the database. This works fine, so the next step of progression for this script was to continue by getting the script to resize the image and then upload it to the DB too.

 

$thumb = @ImageCreateTrueColor ($this->w, $this->h);

@ImageCopyResampled ($thumb, $im, 0, 0, 0, 0, $this->w, $this->h, $original_width, $original_height);

ob_start();

@ImageJPEG ($thumb);

$bufferoutput = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();

$image = addslashes($bufferoutput);

 

As you can see from this, I've been using the buffer to put the smaller image into a variable for upload later. This method seems somewhat "dirty" to me and i was wondering if there is a way to upload the data generated from imageJPEG directly instead.

 

Anyway, I would really appreceate or advice, even if its might not be what I want to hear, as at least then I can stop second guessing myself over it.

 

Thanks In advance.

[Ducky]

Bump for help!

[BlueSkyIS]

i suggest that you store the name of the image and not the image itself. copy the main image to a directory, then duplicate it resized for the thumbnail.