SimpleImage

Overview

This class makes image manipulation in PHP as simple as possible. The examples are the best way to learn how to use it, but here it is in a nutshell:

<?php

include('src/abeautifulsite/SimpleImage.php');

try {
    $img = new abeautifulsite\SimpleImage('image.jpg');
    $img->flip('x')->rotate(90)->best_fit(320, 200)->sepia()->save('example/result.gif');
} catch(Exception $e) {
    echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

?>

The two lines inside the try block load image.jpg, flip it horizontally, rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, shrink it to fit within a 320x200 box, apply a sepia effect, convert it to a GIF, and save it to result.gif.

With this class, you can effortlessly:

• Resize images (free resize, resize to width, resize to height, resize to fit)
• Crop images
• Flip/rotate/adjust orientation
• Adjust brightness & contrast
• Desaturate, colorize, pixelate, blur, etc.
• Overlay one image onto another (watermarking)
• Add text using a font of your choice
• Convert between GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats
• Strip EXIF data

Requirements

This class requires PHP 5.3 and PHP GD library.

Usage

Loading

You can load an image when you instantiate a new SimpleImage object:

$img = new abeautifulsite\SimpleImage('image.jpg');

Or you can create empty image 200x100 with black background:

$img = new abeautifulsite\SimpleImage(null, 200, 100, '#000');

Saving

Images must be saved after you manipulate them. To save your changes to the original file, simply call:

$img->save();

Alternatively, you can specify a new filename:

$img->save('new-image.jpg');

You can specify quality as a second parameter in percents within range 0-100

$img->save('new-image.jpg', 90);

Converting Between Formats

When saving, the resulting image format is determined by the file extension. For example, you can convert a JPEG to a GIF by doing this:

$img = new abeautifulsite\SimpleImage('image.jpg');
$img->save('image.gif');

Stripping EXIF data

There is no built-in method for stripping EXIF data, partly because there is currently no way to prevent EXIF data from being stripped using the GD library. However, you can easily strip EXIF data simply by loading and saving:

$img = new abeautifulsite\SimpleImage('image.jpg');
$img->save();

Method Chaining

SimpleImage supports method chaining, so you can make multiple changes and save the resulting image with just one line of code:

$img = new abeautifulsite\SimpleImage('image.jpg');
$img->flip('x')->rotate(90)->best_fit(320, 200)->desaturate()->invert()->save('result.jpg')

You can chain all of the methods below as well methods above.

Error Handling

SimpleImage throws exceptions when things don't work right. You should always load/manipulate/save images inside of atry/catch block to handle them properly:

try {
    $img = new abeautifulsite\SimpleImage('image.jpg');
    $img->flip('x')->save('flipped.jpg');
} catch(Exception $e) {
    echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

Method Examples

Most methods have intelligent defaults so you don't need to pass in every argument. Check out SimpleImage.class.php for required/optional parameters and valid ranges for certain arguments.

// Flip the image horizontally (use 'y' to flip vertically)
$img->flip('x');

// Rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise
$img->rotate(90);

// Adjust the orientation if needed (physically rotates/flips the image based on its EXIF 'Orientation' property)
$img->auto_orient();

// Resize the image to 320x200
$img->resize(320, 200);

// Trim the image and resize to exactly 100x75
$img->thumbnail(100, 75);

// Trim the image and resize to exactly 100x75, keeping the top* of the image
$img->thumbnail(100, 75, 'top');

// Shrink the image to the specified width while maintaining proportion (width)
$img->fit_to_width(320);

// Shrink the image to the specified height while maintaining proportion (height)
$img->fit_to_height(200);

// Shrink the image proportionally to fit inside a 500x500 box
$img->best_fit(500, 500);

// Crop a portion of the image from x1, y1 to x2, y2
$img->crop(100, 100, 400, 400);

// Fill image with white color
$img->fill('#fff');

// Desaturate (grayscale)
$img->desaturate();

// Invert
$img->invert();

// Adjust Brightness (-255 to 255)
$img->brightness(100);

// Adjust Contrast (-100 to 100)
$img->contrast(50);

// Colorize red at 50% opacity
$img->colorize('#FF0000', .5);

// Edges filter
$img->edges();

// Emboss filter
$img->emboss();

// Mean removal filter
$img->mean_remove();

// Selective blur (one pass)
$img->blur();

// Gaussian blur (two passes)
$img->blur('gaussian', 2);

// Sketch filter
$img->sketch();

// Smooth filter (-10 to 10)
$img->smooth(5);

// Pixelate using 8px blocks
$img->pixelate(8);

// Sepia effect (simulated)
$img->sepia();

// Change opacity
$img->opacity(.5);

// Overlay watermark.png at 50% opacity at the bottom-right of the image with a 10 pixel horizontal and vertical margin
$img->overlay('watermark.png', 'bottom right', .5, -10, -10);

// Add 32-point white text top-centered (plus 20px) on the image*
$img->text('Your Text', 'font.ttf', 32, '#FFFFFF', 'top', 0, 20);

// Add multiple colored text
$img->text('Your Text', 'font.ttf', 32, ['#FFFFFF' '#000000'], 'top', 0, 20);

• Valid positions are center, top, right, bottom, left, top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right

Utility Methods

The following methods are not chainable, because they return information about the image you're working with or output the image directly to the browser:

// Get info about the original image (before any changes were made)
//
// Returns:
//
//  array(
//      width => 320,
//      height => 200,
//      orientation => ['portrait', 'landscape', 'square'],
//      exif => array(...),
//      mime => ['image/jpeg', 'image/gif', 'image/png'],
//      format => ['jpeg', 'gif', 'png']
//  )
$info = $img->get_original_info();

// Get the current width
$width = $img->get_width();

// Get the current height
$height = $img->get_height();

// Get the current orientation (returns 'portrait', 'landscape', or 'square')
$orientation = $img->get_orientation();

// Flip the image and output it directly to the browser (i.e. without saving to file)
$img->flip('x')->output();