WideImage, an object-oriented PHP image library

WideImage is an object-oriented library for image manipulation, written in/for PHP 5∞. It's a pure-PHP library and doesn't require any external libraries apart from the GD2 extension∞. Most of the code is unit tested with Simpletest∞, and also being actively used on a few projects with no serious problems reported since first public release (alpha 1, March 2007). It's released under GNU LGPL 2.1∞, which effectively means you're allowed to use it in a commercial project for free.

The library focuses on often-used image operations and ease of use. It provides a simple and unified way to loading and saving images from/to files, strings, database and even URLs (load only, must be enabled in PHP). Supports the most common image formats, with more formats on its way.

This is basically how easy it is:

wiImage::load('image.png')->resize(50, 30)->saveToFile('new-image.jpg', 30);

This example loads an image from a PNG file, resizes it to 50x30, and saves it to a JPEG file in low quality (30%).

Install

Use

Supported image formats
Simple examples (load, resize, crop, save)
Loading images (from file, database, URL, gd handle)
Saving images (to file, database, gd handle)
Image operations (resize, crop, rotate, mask, sharpen, merge, draw text ...)

Find out more

General information:

Authors
Roadmap - what's in the plans?
Limitations - what it can't do?
WideImage resource handling
Handle ownership

API documentation:

Participate

Discuss WideImage∞ (not a help forum)
Request a feature∞ (not for bug reports)

Extend

Get support

First

And only then

ask in Help forum∞ or
report a bug∞.