Is there a way to reduce php createimagefromjpeg memory usage? [closed]

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I'm building a website where I should be able to upload really large images (from 2MB to 50MB). Of course I need to resize them, but createimagefromjpeg function uses A LOT of memory. Memory usage hits 800 megabytes for some of the images, but I'm using hostgator's shared plan and 256M memory is maximum there. Can I somehow reduce the memory this function uses?

Answer 1

According to the Hostgator forums ImageMagick should be installed on your server. I would recommend using a binary for something such as image resizing because of sheer efficiency. To do what you are looking to do, a command such as this will suffice (assuming you want the 2 MB you asked for):

$SCALED_VALUE = (2097152/filesize($OLD_IMAGE))*100; #< Get the percentage of scaling that is required to go to 2MB
shell_exec('convert '. $OLD_IMAGE . '-resize ' . $SCALED_VALUE . '% new_image.jpg'); #< Perform scaling

To answer the question regarding php_memory_limit in the comments; this limit is within PHP and will not affect ImageMagick (or any other application other than PHP).

Answer 2

Try switching to a different image manipulation library like ImageMagick or Gmagick instead of relying on the GD extension. You will have to install these dependencies and restart Apache.

If this is not possible, think about reducing the pixel size of your images as outlined in this answer.