hi this the script i use in www.biere.org you can see it in action at http://www.monsieur-biere.com/liste/secondairelmc.php3?type=type&type2=BIERE+DE+NOEL&page=1 i use the same script in rhe shopping cart and in the order form it test if the file exist and resize it at predefined size or peoduce a single dot image transparent, it was easy to modify this script to your needs <? /* Header ("Content-type: image/png"); */ $imname="imagesb//".$ref.".png"; if (file_exists($imname)): $im = ImageCreatefrompng($imname); $rat=60.0*(doubleval(imagesx($im))/doubleval(imagesy($im))); $im2 = ImageCreate($rat, 60); imagecopyresized($im2,$im,0,0,0,0,$rat,60,imagesx($im),imagesy($im)); else: $im2 = ImageCreate(1, 1); $green = ImageColorAllocate($im2, 0, 255, 0); imagefilledrectangle($im2,0,0,1,1,$green); endif; Imagepng($im2); ?> denis -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php