CodeIgniter image upload and resize failing - php

Question

I am really struggling with my CodeIgniter script for uploading, resizing and cropping profile images for users. In the end, I want to upload the image with an encrypted name, resize it and save it twice (once as a thumbnail and once as a medium sized image), and then delete the original file. However, I guess I'm really missing something, because I can't get the first upload resize process to work. I definitely have an error somewhere in the code (error to follow code), but I think I may have a gap in my understanding of the logic here. Who knows? Any feedback is extremely appreciated .
public function image() {
$config['upload_path'] = './temp_images/'; // This directory has 777 access
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = '2048';
$config['max_width'] = '0'; // For unlimited width
$config['max_height'] = '0'; // For unlimited height
$config['encrypt_name'] = TRUE;
$config['remove_spaces'] = TRUE;
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload())
{
$data['error'] = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
$this->load->view('upload', $data);
}
else
{
$image_data_array = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());
foreach ($image_data_array as $image_data){
$raw_name = $image_data['raw_name'];
$file_ext = $image_data['file_ext'];
}
$file_name = $raw_name . $file_ext;
$image_path = 'temp_images/' . $file_name;
$new_path = 'image/profile/'; // This directory has 777 access
$config['image_library'] = 'gd';
$config['source_image'] = $image_path;
$config['new_image'] = $new_path;
$config['maintain_ratio'] = FALSE;
$config['width'] = 140;
$config['height'] = 140;
$config['quality'] = '80%';
$new_name = $new_path . $raw_name . $file_ext;
$this->load->library('image_lib', $config);
// The following is just to test that it worked:
if ( ! $this->image_lib->resize()) {
echo $this->image_lib->display_errors();
echo 'source: ' . $config['source_image'] . '<br />';
echo 'new: ' . $config['new_image'] . '<br />';
}
else {
echo "<img src='" . base_url() . $new_name . "' />";
}
$this->image_lib->clear();
}
}
The upload process works fine. Even the resizing worked when I just called $this->image_lib->resize(). It was when I tried the error-catching that it started yelling at me. I double-verified that both of the temp_images and image/profile have 777 permissions (as aforementioned, the upload and resize actually worked at one point). Here is the error produced:
Unable to save the image. Please make sure the image and file directory are writable.
source: temp_images/8ee1bab383cf941f34218f7535d5c078.jpg
new: image/profile/

Answer 1

Never really used CI before and can't see the details of your code.
First, check the permission that set on the folder - you are trying to upload to. Also try to use the full server path.
Second, see if you have PHP image extensions such as GD, ImageMagick enabled.

Answer 2

i've tried this tutorial
it works well for image upload and create thumbs folder for the resizing image...

Answer 3

Please update the new_image value by including the filename also.
$config['new_image'] = 'image/profile/' . $filename;