How to compress an image in PHP? Compressing images is one of the inseparable jobs from websites and it is important to increase page speed load.
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High-quality images take time to load on the webpage depending on the number of images. This issue affects SEO and performance. Compressing images is one of the optimized options to increase performance.
This compression must not reduce the quality of images badly. Webpages’ image quality is as important as performance. Then we have to compress them as possible.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to compress image size without losing visible quality while uploading with PHP.
Compress Images Contents
Image Upload Form
Image upload form is a form created by HTML code. Go to your root folder and create “compressimage“ folder. In this folder create an index.html file.
Inside the index file, add the following codes
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Compress Image - Honar Systems</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method='post' action='compress.php' enctype='multipart/form-data'>
<input type='file' name='imagefile'>
<input type='submit' value='Upload' name='upload'>
</form>
</body>
</html>You can see our upload form in the body section. DO NOT forget the enctype attribute. We have to add this attribute when we want to upload a file.
As you see in action, we added a PHP file address. Then go to your folder and create “compress.php” file alongside the index file.
Compression PHP File
Open your compress.php file and add the following code inside it.
<?php
/**
* Created by Honar Systems
* Author: Hossein Bahonar
* Website: honarsystems.com
*/
//check if file uploaded
if (isset($_POST['upload'])) {
//get uploaded file name. eg: myimage.jpg
$uploaded_image_name = basename($_FILES['imagefile']['name']);
$target_file = 'img/' . $uploaded_image_name;
//get absolute path of file like C:/myhost/compressimage/img/myimage.jpg
$image_absolute_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . pathinfo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])['dirname'] . '/img/' . $uploaded_image_name;
//get absolute path of file with added compressed word like C:/myhost/compressimage/img/myimage_compressed.jpg
$output_file = pathinfo($image_absolute_path)['dirname'] . '/' . basename($uploaded_image_name, '.' . pathinfo($uploaded_image_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)) . '_compressed.' . pathinfo($uploaded_image_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
//move uploaded file to img directory. you can change uploaded file name
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["imagefile"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
//get uploaded image information like dimension, file type and etc
$info = getimagesize($image_absolute_path);
list($uploadWidth, $uploadHeight) = $info;
if ($info['mime'] == 'image/jpeg') {
$timage = imagecreatefromjpeg($image_absolute_path);
if (imagejpeg($timage, $output_file, 60)) {
echo "Hooray, uploaded image has been compressed";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error compressing your file.";
}
} elseif ($info['mime'] == 'image/gif') {
$img = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($image_absolute_path));
imagetruecolortopalette($img, false, 16);
if (imagegif($img, $output_file)) {
echo "Hooray, uploaded image has been compressed";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error compressing your file.";
}
} elseif ($info['mime'] == 'image/png') {
$timage = imagecreatefrompng($image_absolute_path);
$targetImage = imagecreatetruecolor($uploadWidth, $uploadHeight);
imagealphablending($targetImage, false);
imagesavealpha($targetImage, true);
imagecopyresampled($targetImage, $timage,
0, 0,
0, 0,
$uploadWidth, $uploadHeight,
$uploadWidth, $uploadHeight);
if (imagepng($targetImage, $output_file, 9)) {
echo "Hooray, uploaded image has been compressed";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error compressing your file.";
}
}
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
}
}What Is the PHP Code?
The first section is a comment and is our introduction.
if (isset($_POST['upload']))Inside the if, we check if the upload button is submitted or not.
$uploaded_image_name = basename($_FILES['imagefile']['name']);Here we get the uploaded file name and just the name, not the file path. For example, myimage.jpg. Remember that, imagefile in $_FILES must be exactly the same as in the HTML form.
$target_file = 'img/' . $uploaded_image_name;Defining the target file name. Here go to your folder and create “img” folder to store images. You can change the target file name to what you prefer in this line.
$image_absolute_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . pathinfo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])['dirname'] . '/img/' . $uploaded_image_name;This line defines the absolute path of the uploaded file.
Keep in mind that, sometimes compression functions don’t work with file URLs. Then we have to use an absolute path.
$output_file = pathinfo($image_absolute_path)['dirname'] . '/' . basename($uploaded_image_name, '.' . pathinfo($uploaded_image_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)) . '_compressed.' . pathinfo($uploaded_image_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);This code defines the compressed file’s absolute path.
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["imagefile"]["tmp_name"], $target_file))Move the uploaded file from the temp folder to your img folder and check if it is done or not.
$info = getimagesize($image_absolute_path);
list($uploadWidth, $uploadHeight) = $info;Get image information like dimension, and file type, and list them.
if ($info['mime'] == 'image/jpeg')
elseif ($info['mime'] == 'image/gif')
elseif ($info['mime'] == 'image/png')Checks file types. If the file type is jpeg then do the following orders.
$timage = imagecreatefromjpeg($image_absolute_path);
if (imagejpeg($timage, $output_file, 60)) {
echo "Hooray, uploaded image has been compressed";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error compressing your file.";
}You can change the quality of the compressed image by changing 60 to whatever you prefer. This number will be between 0 to 100.
If the file type is gif then do the following orders.
$img = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($image_absolute_path));
imagetruecolortopalette($img, false, 16);
if (imagegif($img, $output_file)) {
echo "Hooray, uploaded image has been compressed";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error compressing your file.";
}You can change the number of colors of the compressed image by changing 16 to whatever you prefer.
If the file type is png then do the following orders.
$timage = imagecreatefrompng($image_absolute_path);
$targetImage = imagecreatetruecolor($uploadWidth, $uploadHeight);
imagealphablending($targetImage, false);
imagesavealpha($targetImage, true);
imagecopyresampled($targetImage, $timage,
0, 0,
0, 0,
$uploadWidth, $uploadHeight,
$uploadWidth, $uploadHeight);
if (imagepng($targetImage, $output_file, 9)) {
echo "Hooray, uploaded image has been compressed";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error compressing your file.";
}You can change the quality of the compressed image by changing 9 to whatever you prefer. This number will be between 0 to 9. But remember that this number works and vice versa. It means that by increasing the number, the quality will be reduced.
Download the Compress Image Project in PHP
You can download the project from here.
