Create a thumbnail or resize an image with Imagemagick in PHP

imagemagick_php_thumbnail.php

<?php

//Dynamically resize images
function thumb_create($file, $width , $height ) {
	try
	{
	        /*** the image file ***/
	        $image = $file;
	
	        /*** a new imagick object ***/
	        $im = new Imagick();
	
	        /*** ping the image ***/
	        $im->pingImage($image);
	
	        /*** read the image into the object ***/
	        $im->readImage( $image );
	
	        /*** thumbnail the image ***/
	        $im->thumbnailImage( $width, $height );
	
	        /*** Write the thumbnail to disk ***/
	        $im->writeImage( 'THUMB_'.$file );
	
	        /*** Free resources associated with the Imagick object ***/
	        $im->destroy();
	        return 'THUMB_'.$file;
	        
	}
	catch(Exception $e)
	{
	        print $e->getMessage();
	        return $file;
	}

};
?>