[php] Resize image in PHP

ZF cake:

<?php

class FkuController extends Zend_Controller_Action {

  var $image;
  var $image_type;

  public function store_uploaded_image($html_element_name, $new_img_width, $new_img_height) {

    $target_dir = APPLICATION_PATH  . "/../public/1/";
    $target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES[$html_element_name]["name"]);

    //$image = new SimpleImage();
    $this->load($_FILES[$html_element_name]['tmp_name']);
    $this->resize($new_img_width, $new_img_height);
    $this->save($target_file);
    return $target_file; 
    //return name of saved file in case you want to store it in you database or show confirmation message to user



  public 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);
      }
   }
  public 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);
      }
   }
  public 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);
      }
   }
  public function getWidth() {

      return imagesx($this->image);
   }
  public function getHeight() {

      return imagesy($this->image);
   }
  public function resizeToHeight($height) {

      $ratio = $height / $this->getHeight();
      $width = $this->getWidth() * $ratio;
      $this->resize($width,$height);
   }

  public function resizeToWidth($width) {
      $ratio = $width / $this->getWidth();
      $height = $this->getheight() * $ratio;
      $this->resize($width,$height);
   }

  public function scale($scale) {
      $width = $this->getWidth() * $scale/100;
      $height = $this->getheight() * $scale/100;
      $this->resize($width,$height);
   }

  public 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;
   }

  public function savepicAction() {
    ini_set('display_errors', 1);
    ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    $this->_helper->layout()->disableLayout();
    $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender();
    $this->_response->setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');

    $this->db = Application_Model_Db::db_load();        
    $ouser = $_POST['ousername'];


      $fdata = 'empty';
      if (isset($_FILES['picture']) && $_FILES['picture']['size'] > 0) {
        $file_size = $_FILES['picture']['size'];
        $tmpName  = $_FILES['picture']['tmp_name'];  

        //Determine filetype
        switch ($_FILES['picture']['type']) {
            case 'image/jpeg': $ext = "jpg"; break;
            case 'image/png': $ext = "png"; break;
            case 'image/jpg': $ext = "jpg"; break;
            case 'image/bmp': $ext = "bmp"; break;
            case 'image/gif': $ext = "gif"; break;
            default: $ext = ''; break;
        }

        if($ext) {
          //if($file_size<400000) {  
            $img = $this->store_uploaded_image('picture', 90,82);
            //$fp      = fopen($tmpName, 'r');
            $fp = fopen($img, 'r');
            $fdata = fread($fp, filesize($tmpName));        
            $fdata = base64_encode($fdata);
            fclose($fp);

          //}
        }

      }

      if($fdata=='empty'){

      }
      else {
        $this->db->update('users', 
          array(
            'picture' => $fdata,             
          ), 
          array('username=?' => $ouser ));        
      }



  }