Laravel Glide Helper

A simple Laravel helper function for on-the-fly image manipulation using Spatie Glide.

Features

• 🚀 On-the-fly image manipulation - Resize, crop, and transform images dynamically
• 💾 Automatic caching - Generated images are cached to avoid regeneration
• 🔧 Configurable defaults - Set global parameters for consistent image processing
• 📁 Multiple source support - Works with storage/ and public/ directories
• 🌐 External URL handling - Passes through external URLs unchanged
• ⚡ Performance optimized - Only processes when necessary

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require digitonma/laravel-glide-helper

Optionally, publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="laravel-glide-helper-config"

This is the contents of the published config file:

return [
    'defaults' => [
        'q' => 90,          // Quality (1-100)
        'fm' => 'webp',     // Format (webp, jpg, png, gif)
        'fit' => 'max'      // Fit (contain, max, fill, stretch, crop)
    ],
    'output_dir' => 'manipulated', // Directory for cached images
];

Usage

Basic Usage

// In Blade templates
<img src="{{ glide('/storage/photos/image.jpg', ['w' => 300, 'h' => 200]) }}" alt="Resized">

Common Parameters

// Resize
glide($image, ['w' => 300, 'h' => 200])

// Crop to exact dimensions
glide($image, ['w' => 200, 'h' => 200, 'fit' => 'crop'])

// Change format and quality
glide($image, ['fm' => 'webp', 'q' => 85])

// Apply filters
glide($image, ['filt' => 'greyscale', 'blur' => 5])

Supported Parameters

All Glide parameters are supported:

• Size: w (width), h (height), fit (contain, max, fill, stretch, crop)
• Format: fm (webp, jpg, png, gif), q (quality 1-100)
• Effects: blur, sharp, filt (greyscale)

How It Works

1. Path Resolution: Automatically detects if image is in storage/ or public/
2. Caching: Creates a unique hash based on source file and parameters
3. Generation: Uses Spatie Glide to manipulate image only if not cached
4. URL Generation: Returns asset URL for the manipulated image

External URLs are passed through unchanged.

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 12 or 13
• spatie/laravel-glide package (automatically installed)

Credits

• Abdelhamid Errahmouni
• Mehdi Mekouar
• Built on top of Spatie Laravel Glide

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.