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Introduction

CodeIgniter has a class called Image Manipulation Class. This class enables you to manipulate the followings.
  * Image Resizing
  * Thumbnail Creation
  * Image Cropping
  * Image Rotating
  * Image Watermarking

I read an artticle at http://d.hatena.ne.jp/dix3/20081021/1224552638 and I translated its notes to English.

This will show you how to use Image Manipulation Class. It covers all the functions and some of preferences in the user guide.
I changed a font, image and some of details from the original article. All the credit goes to the author dix3.

Environment

I am using XAMPP for this and there is no .htaccess file. My application directory is the same level as system directory.

Font

I downloaded a free TTF font called Aller from http://www.fontsquirrel.com/. Unzip it and I saved the font in system/fonts directory.

Image

If you don’t have image directory, then create it as the same level as system and application. I call it img. Add a sample image called photo.png. The size is 700 x 466px, but it does not matter.

Controller

Create a file controlles/imglist.php and add the following code.
Please read explanations in the code.
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(I pasted codes, but it does not show it correctly, so please read it in my blog)

READ MORE at http://www.okadadesign.no/blog/?p=316

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