function resize_image($filename, $tmpname, $xmax, $ymax)
 {
 $ext = explode(".", $filename);
 $ext = $ext[count($ext)-1];
 
 if($ext == "jpg" || $ext == "jpeg")
 $im = imagecreatefromjpeg($tmpname);
 elseif($ext == "png")
 $im = imagecreatefrompng($tmpname);
 elseif($ext == "gif")
 $im = imagecreatefromgif($tmpname);
 
 $x = imagesx($im);
 $y = imagesy($im);
 
 if($x <= $xmax && $y <= $ymax)
 return $im;
 
 if($x >= $y) {
 $newx = $xmax;
 $newy = $newx * $y / $x;
 }
 else {
 $newy = $ymax;
 $newx = $x / $y * $newy;
 }
 
 $im2 = imagecreatetruecolor($newx, $newy);
 imagecopyresized($im2, $im, 0, 0, 0, 0, floor($newx), floor($newy), $x, $y);
 return $im2; 
 }