Converting Multipage TIFF file to JPG/GIF in PHP

In PHP, you can use built-in capabilities to convert image files from one extension to another extension. However, multiple page tiff to jpg thumbnail is a tricky one. Following code allows you to convert a multi-page TIFF file to JPG thumbnail. This conversion is usually required in those situations where you have to allow users to view a Fax document on a webpage. Since web browsers usually doesn’t support TIFF extensions. So you have to convert these documents to either JPG or PDF. Following code works for both situations.  more...