Thumbs creation with Image Library - Problem

[eluser]Xeoncross[/eluser]

I really don’t know why, since in the local server the exact same code is perfectly working. I suppose it has something to do with the php configuration, but I sincerely don’t know what.

This is a problem that everyone seems to face when they are getting started. To prevent PHP from using too many resources the OS (linux/windows) limits the amount of memory that PHP can use and how long it can run before it kills it.

max_execution_time = the time that php has to run before it is killed. 30 = 30 seconds and then the OS kills it weither it is finished or not.

memory_limit = the amount of memory that the OS will let that php thread have before it kills it for taking too much RAM.

Good defaults would be more like

Code:

memory_limit = 10mb;
max_execution_time = 15;

If your server can't make two small thumbnails in 15 seconds then there is something seriously wrong. Also, you should limit file uploads to images less than 2-5MB.