File upload and image resize all in one

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OK, I solved my problem. Here is the solution for anyone else that may run into something related:

I imagine I’d need to create a new function in my upload controller to handle resizes

Correct. I created a function within the upload class called image_resize.

and then somehow call that controller...

I shouldn't have called it a controller... it is an action (a function within the class) and you make use of it from within a different action in the class as follows

Code:

$this->image_resize($the_image)

Is that the best way to approach it?

I doubt it since I still don't really get this object oriented stuff (things like what path to use to the image gave me headaches) but it works fine.

Oh, the path I used for the image resize

Code:

$config['source_image']

was

Code:

'uploads/'.$the_image

Note the lack of a preceding slash and also note that you don't use a url... use the actual path on your server (that is is the manual but I missed it the first time I read it). I first tried

Code:

'/uploads/'.$the_image

but that only confused me by failing