Upload image without losing quality - php

Question

I use this class to upload and resize images. The problem is that images have bad quality! I need to upload images without losing quality at all!
class SimpleImage {
var $image;
var $image_type;
function load($filename) {
$image_info = getimagesize($filename);
$this->image_type = $image_info[2];
if( $this->image_type == IMAGETYPE_JPEG ) {
$this->image = imagecreatefromjpeg($filename);
} elseif( $this->image_type == IMAGETYPE_GIF ) {
$this->image = imagecreatefromgif($filename);
} elseif( $this->image_type == IMAGETYPE_PNG ) {
$this->image = imagecreatefrompng($filename);
}
}
function save($filename, $image_type=IMAGETYPE_JPEG, $compression=75, $permissions=null) {
if( $image_type == IMAGETYPE_JPEG ) {
imagejpeg($this->image,$filename,$compression);
} elseif( $image_type == IMAGETYPE_GIF ) {
imagegif($this->image,$filename);
} elseif( $image_type == IMAGETYPE_PNG ) {
imagepng($this->image,$filename);
}
if( $permissions != null) {
chmod($filename,$permissions);
}
}
function output($image_type=IMAGETYPE_JPEG) {
if( $image_type == IMAGETYPE_JPEG ) {
imagejpeg($this->image);
} elseif( $image_type == IMAGETYPE_GIF ) {
imagegif($this->image);
} elseif( $image_type == IMAGETYPE_PNG ) {
imagepng($this->image);
}
}
function getWidth() {
return imagesx($this->image);
}
function getHeight() {
return imagesy($this->image);
}
function resizeToHeight($height) {
$ratio = $height / $this->getHeight();
$width = $this->getWidth() * $ratio;
$this->resize($width,$height);
}
function resizeToWidth($width) {
$ratio = $width / $this->getWidth();
$height = $this->getheight() * $ratio;
$this->resize($width,$height);
}
function scale($scale) {
$width = $this->getWidth() * $scale/100;
$height = $this->getheight() * $scale/100;
$this->resize($width,$height);
}
function resize($width,$height) {
$new_image = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
imagecopyresampled($new_image, $this->image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, $this->getWidth(), $this->getHeight());
$this->image = $new_image;
}
}
Can anyone please help?

Answer 1

one thing you can do is when you call to function save,
change quality parameter from 75 to 100 , when you call imagejpeg
quality is optional, and ranges from 0 (worst quality, smaller file) to 100 (best quality, biggest file). The default is the default IJG quality value (about 75).

Answer 2

I see a 75 as a default for the $compression parameter. You pass that as the quality parameter for imagejpeg. This is what probably generates the quality loss.

Answer 3

You save function defaults the quality value to 75. So either change it when you call it to 100 or change the default to 100. 100 is the best quality.