//set up a couple of functions for use by scripts in ch19
function doDB() {
global $mysqli;
//connect to server and select database; you may need it
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "website", "w3bs1t3", "client77018_products");
//if connection fails, stop script execution
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
}
// this is the function that will create the thumbnail image from the uploaded image
// the resize will be done considering the width and height defined, but without deforming the image
function make_thumb($img_name,$filename,$new_w,$new_h)
{
//get image extension.
$ext=getExtension($img_name);
//creates the new image using the appropriate function from gd library
if(!strcmp("jpg",$ext) || !strcmp("jpeg",$ext))
$src_img=imagecreatefromjpeg($img_name);
if(!strcmp("png",$ext))
$src_img=imagecreatefrompng($img_name);
//gets the dimmensions of the image
$old_x=imageSX($src_img);
$old_y=imageSY($src_img);
// next we will calculate the new dimmensions for the thumbnail image
// the next steps will be taken:
// 1. calculate the ratio by dividing the old dimmensions with the new ones
// 2. if the ratio for the width is higher, the width will remain the one define in WIDTH variable
// and the height will be calculated so the image ratio will not change
// 3. otherwise we will use the height ratio for the image
// as a result, only one of the dimmensions will be from the fixed ones
$ratio1=$old_x/$new_w;
$ratio2=$old_y/$new_h;
if($ratio1>$ratio2) {
$thumb_w=$new_w;
$thumb_h=$old_y/$ratio1;
}
else {
$thumb_h=$new_h;
$thumb_w=$old_x/$ratio2;
}
// we create a new image with the new dimmensions
$dst_img=ImageCreateTrueColor($thumb_w,$thumb_h);
// resize the big image to the new created one
imagecopyresampled($dst_img,$src_img,0,0,0,0,$thumb_w,$thumb_h,$old_x,$old_y);
// output the created image to the file. Now we will have the thumbnail into the file named by $filename
if(!strcmp("png",$ext))
imagepng($dst_img,$filename);
else
imagejpeg($dst_img,$filename);
//destroys source and destination images.
imagedestroy($dst_img);
imagedestroy($src_img);
}
// This function reads the extension of the file.
// It is used to determine if the file is an image by checking the extension.
function getExtension($str) {
$i = strrpos($str,".");
if (!$i) { return ""; }
$l = strlen($str) - $i;
$ext = substr($str,$i+1,$l);
return $ext;
}
function is_valid_email($email) {
$result = TRUE;
if(!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})$", $email)) {
$result = FALSE;
}
return $result;
}
function destroy($dir) {
$mydir = opendir($dir);
while(false !== ($file = readdir($mydir))) {
if($file != "." && $file != "..") {
chmod($dir.$file, 0777);
if(is_dir($dir.$file)) {
chdir('.');
destroy($dir.$file.'/');
rmdir($dir.$file) or DIE("couldn't delete $dir$file
");
}
else
unlink($dir.$file) or DIE("couldn't delete $dir$file
");
}
}
closedir($mydir);
}
?>
Arthur John Charles