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litebearer
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Apologies first, Image uploading....

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First my apologies to the Moderators and members of this forum for this (1) not being a question, (2) not being strictly a PHP oriented post .

That said, it seems (at least to me) that frequently questions are asked here regarding using PHP for imaging resizing PRIOR to uploading.

The answer (and it is correct) inevitably is - 'You cannot do that, as PHP is server-side, therefore, the image MUST get to the server before PHP can resize/check size etc.'.

As a businessman/crisis-management consultant/non-programmer-programmer, my objective is to accomplish the mission using whatever tools are efficient and readily available. Ego (I want to do the whole thing myself/recreate the wheel/etc) must NOT be a part of your thought process.

Hmmm, getting too long winded here.

Bottom line, look at this link and consider it as a possibility.


http://www.nstoia.com/toh/technical/cli ... /index.php


Again, my sincere apologies for being somewhat 'off-topic'.

Lite...
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Post by jayshields »

This should have gone in the General forum.

For computer illiterate users it's not a bad idea. For anyone else, it's overkill. To me, extra task bar icons and background processes should be avoided like the plague unless completely necessary.
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

superb!

I'm glad I know about this, thanks litebearer
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Post by onion2k »

Please do not take the position 'My clients don't want extra software on their systems' - any
businessman worth his salary WANTS every tool at his disposal that make things easier,
faster, more efficient and less expensive. Especially when that tool is FREE.
Or, to put that another way, "Please don't point out the huge flaw in this idea". The idea of supporting an application that runs as a background process on users PCs fills me with dread. The sheer number of daft inquiries ("I installed this thing and now MS Word is broken! You must fix it!") you'd get would drive you mental. On a popular site you'd end up fielding loads of support requests, which would waste time, and cost money.
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