With regard to chris.calo's code:
// The following block retrieves the source file. It assumes the filename extensions match the file's format.
if ( strpos($source_file,".gif") ) { $img_source = imagecreatefromgif($source_file); }
if ( (strpos($source_file,".jpg")) || (strpos($source_file,".jpeg")) )
... etc.
It assumes more than that, namely that the filename does not contain the strings '.gif', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.bmp', or '.png' *anywhere* in the string. Some valid files with special filenames could break this; for example, a file named "used.to.be.a.png.file.gif" would cause this script to attempt to load the file as a PNG. Obviously this is a rare case, but the issue could be easily avoided by using "else ifs" (uses less CPU time) or checking that the extension abuts the end of the string or both.
That said, the whole business could be avoided if PHP didn't clutter the namespace with different functions to do the same thing with different image formats. Ick.
