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James M.
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HI, im not sure this is the right place for this question but, I was wondering, how often are the image functions used in many php sites and are they worth spending the time to learn?
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I find them most useful when working with dynamic images. For example gallery type scripts, where a user can upload an image and you want to 'do stuff' with it to display it in a standard way on a page. eg resize it, scale it, make thumbnails etc.

Even if you don't need to use them right now, then it might be worth taking a quick glance to get familiar with the functions and what they can do, then you'll at least know if you need/want to use them should the situation arise ;)
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Post by James M. »

thanks for the help mark
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