Laravel Image – Image processing

Laravel Image is a package that provides an intuitive interface for image manipulation and processing within your Laravel applications. Built on top of the popular Intervention Image library, it allows you to easily resize, crop, and perform various transformations on images, making it ideal for tasks such as uploading and handling user-generated images.

Installation

To install the package, you can use Composer:

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composer require intervention/image

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Configuration

Service Provider: If you’re using Laravel 5.5 or later, the package will automatically register itself. For earlier versions, you may need to add the service provider in the config/app.php file:

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'providers' => [ Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class, ],

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'providers' => [
Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
],
Facade: Add the facade to the aliases array in config/app.php:

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'aliases' => [ 'Image' => Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class, ],

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'aliases' => [
'Image' => Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class,
],
Publishing Configuration: (Optional) If you want to customize the configuration, you can publish the configuration file:

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php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider"

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php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider"

Basic Usage

Opening an Image

You can open an image file using the Image facade:

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use Image;

$image = Image::make('path/to/image.jpg');

use Image;

$image = Image::make('path/to/image.jpg');

Image Manipulation

Here are some common manipulations you can perform:

Resize:

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$image->resize(300, 200);

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$image->resize(300, 200);
Crop:

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$image->crop(100, 100);

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$image->crop(100, 100);
Rotate:

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$image->rotate(45);

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$image->rotate(45);
Insert Watermark:

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$image->insert('path/to/watermark.png', 'bottom-right', 10, 10);

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$image->insert('path/to/watermark.png', 'bottom-right', 10, 10);
Apply Filters:

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$image->greyscale();

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$image->greyscale();

Saving Images

After manipulating an image, you can save it in various formats:

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$image->save('path/to/new-image.jpg'); // Save as JPG
$image->save('path/to/new-image.png'); // Save as PNG
$image->save('path/to/new-image.gif'); // Save as GIF

$image->save('path/to/new-image.jpg'); // Save as JPG

$image->save('path/to/new-image.png'); // Save as PNG

$image->save('path/to/new-image.gif'); // Save as GIF

Example Output

Here’s how you might use Laravel Image in a controller method to process and save an uploaded image:

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use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Image;

public function upload(Request $request)
{
    $request->validate([
        'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif|max:2048',
    ]);

    $image = $request->file('image');

    // Create a unique name for the image
    $imageName = time() . '.' . $image->getClientOriginalExtension();

    // Process the image
    $img = Image::make($image->getRealPath());
    $img->resize(300, 300); // Resize to 300x300
    $img->save(public_path('images/' . $imageName)); // Save the image

    return back()->with('success', 'Image uploaded successfully');
}

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use Image;

public function upload(Request $request)

{

$request->validate([

'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif|max:2048',

]);

$image = $request->file('image');

// Create a unique name for the image

$imageName = time() . '.' . $image->getClientOriginalExtension();

// Process the image

$img = Image::make($image->getRealPath());

$img->resize(300, 300); // Resize to 300x300

$img->save(public_path('images/' . $imageName)); // Save the image

return back()->with('success', 'Image uploaded successfully');

}

Conclusion

Laravel Image simplifies image processing in your Laravel applications, providing a clean and user-friendly API to manipulate images easily. Whether you’re resizing, cropping, or adding filters, this package makes it straightforward to handle image-related tasks.