PHP | imagescale() Function

The imagescale() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to scale an image using the given new width and height.

Syntax:

resource imagescale( $image, $new_width, $new_height = -1, $mode = IMG_BILINEAR_FIXED )

Parameters: This function accepts four parameters as mentioned above and described below:

• $image: It is returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(). It is used to create size of image.
• $new_width: This parameter holds the width to scale the image.
• $new_height: This parameter holds the height to scale the image. If the value of this parameter is negative or omitted then the aspect ratio of image will preserve.
• $mode: This parameter holds the mode. The value of this parameter is one of IMG_NEAREST_NEIGHBOUR, IMG_BILINEAR_FIXED, IMG_BICUBIC, IMG_BICUBIC_FIXED or anything else.

Return Value: This function return the resource of scaled image on success or False on failure.

Below programs illustrate the imagescale() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php

// Assign image file to variable
$image_name =
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-15.png';

// Load image file
$image = imagecreatefrompng($image_name);

// Use imagescale() function to scale the image
$img = imagescale( $image, 500, 400 );

// Output image in the browser
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);

?>

Output:

Program 2:

<?php

// It create the size of image or blank image.
$image = imagecreatetruecolor(500, 300);

// Set the background color of image.
$bg = imagecolorallocate($image, 205, 220, 200);

// Fill background with above selected color.
imagefill($image, 0, 0, $bg);

// Set the color of an ellipse.
$col_ellipse = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 102, 0);

// Function to draw the filled ellipse.
imagefilledellipse($image, 250, 150, 400, 250, $col_ellipse);

// Use imagescale() function to scale the image
$img = imagescale ( $image, 700, 500 );

// Output image in the browser
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);

?>

Output:

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagescale.php