Framing images in PHP

Firstly, download the class that will handle the image upload and the image processing functions. You can download it here: http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/45364.html or at PHP Classes: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2181.html

For this step, create a simple upload form in HTML. For this example I'm using a very simple form, you can change this to suit your needs:

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<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file" />
<input type="submit" value="Upload" />
</form>

Now to create the file that will do all the work. Before you do this, ensure the frame image is in the same directory. Create the upload.php document and add the following code to it:

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<?php
 
include('class.upload.php');
 
$handle = new Upload($_FILES['file']);
if ($handle->uploaded) {
	$handle->image_resize = true;
	$handle->image_x = 283;
	$handle->image_y = 221;
	$handle->image_ratio_crop = true;
	$handle->jpeg_quality = 100;
	$handle->image_watermark = 'frame.png';
 
	$handle->Process('./');
	if ($handle->processed) {
		$filename = $handle->file_dst_name;
	}else{
		echo 'Error: ' . $handle->error . '';
	}
	$handle-> Clean();
}else{
	echo 'Error: ' . $handle->error . '';
}
 
?>

Firstly, you include the class file you downloaded that will handle the image functions. You can find more information about the available properties in the class file, but for this one we resize the image to the same size as the frame, and crop any overflow. We then use the watermark property to specify the location of the frame.

The resulting image name is then saved in the $filename variable, which you may use to insert into a database, redirect the user to it, etc.