androzd/imagine

Compressing images on the fly

Laravel Imagine

This library provides easy way to generate image previews on the fly, _(*1)

Installation

First, require the package using Composer:, _(*2)

composer require androzd/imagine

Now, add these service providers to your config/app.php file (don't add the Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class if you already have it)., _(*3)

Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
Androzd\Imagine\ImagineServiceProvider::class,

And finally add these to the aliases array (note: Image must be listed before Imagine):, _(*4)

'Image'   => Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class,
'Imagine' => Androzd\Imagine\ImagineFacade::class,

Feel free to use a different alias for Imagine if you'd prefer something shorter, _(*5)

Configuration

There are a number of configuration options available for Imagine. Run the following Artisan command to publish the configuration option to your config directory:, _(*6)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Androzd\Imagine\ImagineServiceProvider"

Usage

// compress image by rules
Imagine::path('rule_name', 'path to image in public directory');

Example:, _(*7)

Imagine::path('profile_image', '/uploads/original/avatar/1.jpg');

This example makes path: /cache/profile_image/uploads/original/avatar/1.jpg, _(*8)

If this image exists, it was returned by your web server as static resource., _(*9)

If not exists, they will be generated and saved to /cache/profile_image/uploads/original/avatar/1.jpg and next time will be returned as static image., _(*10)