PHP Image Upload and create thumbnail without refreshing the page by using the jQuery Form Plugin.



The tutorial contains three PHP files, and two js files include jQuery plugin.

  1. jQuery and JQueryForm Plugin
  2. PHP thumbnail generator function

Features

  1. The image will be uploaded without refreshing the page.
  2. An upload progress bar can be displayed.
  3. JPG, PNG, and gif file can be uploaded.
  4. The image will be converted to the required format.
  5. The image will be auto-crop and can be focused.

image_upload_demo.php

User interface page.

<link href="./css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="./js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="./js/jquery.form.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).on('change', '#image_upload_file', function () {
var progressBar = $('.progressBar'), bar = $('.progressBar .bar'), percent = $('.progressBar .percent');

$('#image_upload_form').ajaxForm({
    beforeSend: function() {
                progressBar.fadeIn();
        var percentVal = '0%';
        bar.width(percentVal)
        percent.html(percentVal);
    },
    uploadProgress: function(event, position, total, percentComplete) {
        var percentVal = percentComplete + '%';
        bar.width(percentVal)
        percent.html(percentVal);
    },
    success: function(html, statusText, xhr, $form) {           
                obj = $.parseJSON(html);        
                if(obj.status){         
                        var percentVal = '100%';
                        bar.width(percentVal)
                        percent.html(percentVal);
                        $("#imgArea>img").prop('src',obj.image_medium);                      
                }else{
                        alert(obj.error);
                }
    },
        complete: function(xhr) {
                progressBar.fadeOut();                  
        }       
}).submit();            

});
</script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="imgContainer">
  <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="image_upload_demo_submit.php" method="post" name="image_upload_form" id="image_upload_form">
    <div id="imgArea"><img src="./img/default.jpg">
      <div class="progressBar">
        <div class="bar"></div>
        <div class="percent">0%</div>
      </div>
      <div id="imgChange"><span>Change Photo</span>
        <input type="file" accept="image/*" name="image_upload_file" id="image_upload_file">
      </div>
    </div>
  </form>
</div>

image_upload_demo_submit.php

<?php
include('./functions.php');
/*defined settings - start*/
ini_set("memory_limit", "99M");
ini_set('post_max_size', '20M');
ini_set('max_execution_time', 600);
define('IMAGE_SMALL_DIR', './uploades/small/');
define('IMAGE_SMALL_SIZE', 50);
define('IMAGE_MEDIUM_DIR', './uploades/medium/');
define('IMAGE_MEDIUM_SIZE', 250);
/*defined settings - end*/

if(isset($_FILES['image_upload_file'])){
        $output['status']=FALSE;
        set_time_limit(0);
        $allowedImageType = array("image/gif",   "image/jpeg",   "image/pjpeg",   "image/png",   "image/x-png"  );
        
        if ($_FILES['image_upload_file']["error"] > 0) {
                $output['error']= "Error in File";
        }
        elseif (!in_array($_FILES['image_upload_file']["type"], $allowedImageType)) {
                $output['error']= "You can only upload JPG, PNG and GIF file";
        }
        elseif (round($_FILES['image_upload_file']["size"] / 1024) > 4096) {
                $output['error']= "You can upload file size up to 4 MB";
        } else {
                /*create directory with 777 permission if not exist - start*/
                createDir(IMAGE_SMALL_DIR);
                createDir(IMAGE_MEDIUM_DIR);
                /*create directory with 777 permission if not exist - end*/
                $path[0] = $_FILES['image_upload_file']['tmp_name'];
                $file = pathinfo($_FILES['image_upload_file']['name']);
                $fileType = $file["extension"];
                $desiredExt='jpg';
                $fileNameNew = rand(333, 999) . time() . ".$desiredExt";
                $path[1] = IMAGE_MEDIUM_DIR . $fileNameNew;
                $path[2] = IMAGE_SMALL_DIR . $fileNameNew;
                
                if (createThumb($path[0], $path[1], $fileType, IMAGE_MEDIUM_SIZE, IMAGE_MEDIUM_SIZE,IMAGE_MEDIUM_SIZE)) {
                        
                        if (createThumb($path[1], $path[2],"$desiredExt", IMAGE_SMALL_SIZE, IMAGE_SMALL_SIZE,IMAGE_SMALL_SIZE)) {
                                $output['status']=TRUE;
                                $output['image_medium']= $path[1];
                                $output['image_small']= $path[2];
                        }
                }
        }
        echo json_encode($output);
}
?>   

functions.php

Image thumbnail creation and directory checking function.

<?php
function createDir($path){              
        if (!file_exists($path)) {
                $old_mask = umask(0);
                mkdir($path, 0777, TRUE);
                umask($old_mask);
        }
}

function createThumb($path1, $path2, $file_type, $new_w, $new_h, $squareSize = ''){
        /* read the source image */
        $source_image = FALSE;
        
        if (preg_match("/jpg|JPG|jpeg|JPEG/", $file_type)) {
                $source_image = imagecreatefromjpeg($path1);
        }
        elseif (preg_match("/png|PNG/", $file_type)) {
                
                if (!$source_image = @imagecreatefrompng($path1)) {
                        $source_image = imagecreatefromjpeg($path1);
                }
        }
        elseif (preg_match("/gif|GIF/", $file_type)) {
                $source_image = imagecreatefromgif($path1);
        }               
        if ($source_image == FALSE) {
                $source_image = imagecreatefromjpeg($path1);
        }

        $orig_w = imageSX($source_image);
        $orig_h = imageSY($source_image);
        
        if ($orig_w < $new_w && $orig_h < $new_h) {
                $desired_width = $orig_w;
                $desired_height = $orig_h;
        } else {
                $scale = min($new_w / $orig_w, $new_h / $orig_h);
                $desired_width = ceil($scale * $orig_w);
                $desired_height = ceil($scale * $orig_h);
        }
                        
        if ($squareSize != '') {
                $desired_width = $desired_height = $squareSize;
        }

        /* create a new, "virtual" image */
        $virtual_image = imagecreatetruecolor($desired_width, $desired_height);
        // for PNG background white-----------
        $kek = imagecolorallocate($virtual_image, 255, 255, 255);
        imagefill($virtual_image, 0, 0, $kek);
        
        if ($squareSize == '') {
                /* copy source image at a resized size */
                imagecopyresampled($virtual_image, $source_image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $desired_width, $desired_height, $orig_w, $orig_h);
        } else {
                $wm = $orig_w / $squareSize;
                $hm = $orig_h / $squareSize;
                $h_height = $squareSize / 2;
                $w_height = $squareSize / 2;
                
                if ($orig_w > $orig_h) {
                        $adjusted_width = $orig_w / $hm;
                        $half_width = $adjusted_width / 2;
                        $int_width = $half_width - $w_height;
                        imagecopyresampled($virtual_image, $source_image, -$int_width, 0, 0, 0, $adjusted_width, $squareSize, $orig_w, $orig_h);
                }

                elseif (($orig_w <= $orig_h)) {
                        $adjusted_height = $orig_h / $wm;
                        $half_height = $adjusted_height / 2;
                        imagecopyresampled($virtual_image, $source_image, 0,0, 0, 0, $squareSize, $adjusted_height, $orig_w, $orig_h);
                } else {
                        imagecopyresampled($virtual_image, $source_image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $squareSize, $squareSize, $orig_w, $orig_h);
                }
        }
        
        if (@imagejpeg($virtual_image, $path2, 90)) {
                imagedestroy($virtual_image);
                imagedestroy($source_image);
                return TRUE;
        } else {
                return FALSE;
        }
}       
?>

style.css

CSS code to display image container and progress bar.

#imgContainer {
        width: 100%;
        text-align: center;
        position: relative;
}
#imgArea {
        display: inline-block;
        margin: 0 auto;
        width: 150px;
        height: 150px;
        position: relative;
        background-color: #eee;
        font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
        font-size: 13px;
}
#imgArea img {
        outline: medium none;
        vertical-align: middle;
        width: 100%;
}
#imgChange {
        background: url("../img/overlay.png") repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
        bottom: 0;
        color: #FFFFFF;
        display: block;
        height: 30px;
        left: 0;
        line-height: 32px;
        position: absolute;
        text-align: center;
        width: 100%;
}
#imgChange input[type="file"] {
        bottom: 0;
        cursor: pointer;
        height: 100%;
        left: 0;
        margin: 0;
        opacity: 0;
        padding: 0;
        position: absolute;
        width: 100%;
        z-index: 0;
}

/* Progressbar */
.progressBar {
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #E0E0E0;
        left: 0;
        padding: 3px 0;
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        width: 100%;
        display: none;
}
.progressBar .bar {
        background-color: #FF6C67;
        width: 0%;
        height: 14px;
}
.progressBar .percent {
        display: inline-block;
        left: 0;
        position: absolute;
        text-align: center;
        top: 2px;
        width: 100%;
}


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