As an alternative to the GD rotateImage() function, this is an easy way to rotate images by 90 degrees ccw *without* loosing transparency:
<?php
function rotateImage($image) {
$width = imagesx($image);
$height = imagesy($image);
$newImage= imagecreatetruecolor($height, $width);
imagealphablending($newImage, false);
imagesavealpha($newImage, true);
for($w=0; $w<$width; $w++)
for($h=0; $h<$height; $h++) {
$ref = imagecolorat($image, $w, $h);
imagesetpixel($newImage, $h, ($width-1)-$w, $ref);
}
return $newImage;
}
?>
