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simexis/thumbalizr
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Thumbalizr
==========

[](#thumbalizr)

Thumbalizr Class for Laravel 5

Uses API from thumbalizr.com

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- Laravel 5.X
- php 5.4+

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

##### Step 1: Install package using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)

[](#step-1-install-package-using-composer)

Add simexis/thumbalizr to "require" section of your composer.json

```
"require": {
    "simexis/thumbalizr": ">=1.0"
},
```

Add repository to "repositories" section of your composer.json

```
"repositories": [ {
	"type": "vcs",
	"url": "https://github.com/jooorooo/Thumbalizr.git"
}],
```

Then install dependencies using following command:

```
php composer.phar install
```

##### Step 2: Laravel Setup

[](#step-2-laravel-setup)

Add following line to 'providers' section of app/config/app.php file:

```
'Simexis\Thumbalizr\ThumbalizrServiceProvider',
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Default configuration is:

```
$cfg = [
	'api_key'			=>	"", //put your api key here
	'service_url'		=>	"http://api.thumbalizr.com/", // don't change, if you didn't have a special service contract
	'use_local_cache'	=>	TRUE, // TRUE or FALSE for local image cache
	'local_cache_dir'	=>	public_path()."/thumbs", //relative cache directory must exists in install directory and rwx permissions to all (777)
	'local_cache_expire'=>	24*14, // local chache expiration time in hours

	'defaults' 			=> [
        'width'				=>		"400", // image width
		'delay'				=>		"10", // caputre delay useful for flash content 5 - 10 is a good value
		'encoding'			=>		"png", // jpg or png
		'quality'			=>		"90", //image quality 10-90
		'bwidth'			=>		"1280", // browser width
		'mode'				=>		"screen", // screen or page
		'bheight'			=>		"1024" // browser height only for mode=screen
   	]
];
```

#### Basic example

[](#basic-example)

```
$cfg = [
	'api_key'			=>	"..............",

	'defaults' 			=> [
        'width'				=>		"250", // image width
   	]
];
echo \Thumbalizr::getThumbSrc('http://google.com',$cfg);
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~6 days

Total

2

Last Release

4010d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b94e45e0fc8056daeec3bc285ca4befdbaf5064a57f29bd9d93a9459afab9a28?d=identicon)[jooorooo](/maintainers/jooorooo)

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