Limit image resolution on upload

The problem isn’t so much the uploading itself, as that is a network connection between the client and the server. It’s not what’s eating the server’s memory.

When WordPress starts ‘cruncing’ the images, that is where PHP comes in and start resizing and cropping the uploaded images. It is before this moment you need to step in and perform a couple of checks before allowing PHP to eat up your memory.

Using the wp_handle_upload_prefilter filter, you can hook a function that performs any check you’d like on the image that is about to be crunched:

<?php 
/* Marc Dingena Utilities
 * Test image resolution before image crunch
 */
add_filter('wp_handle_upload_prefilter','mdu_validate_image_size');
function mdu_validate_image_size( $file ) {
    $image = getimagesize($file['tmp_name']);
    $minimum = array(
        'width' => '400',
        'height' => '400'
    );
    $maximum = array(
        'width' => '2000',
        'height' => '2000'
    );
    $image_width = $image[0];
    $image_height = $image[1];

    $too_small = "Image dimensions are too small. Minimum size is {$minimum['width']} by {$minimum['height']} pixels. Uploaded image is $image_width by $image_height pixels.";
    $too_large = "Image dimensions are too large. Maximum size is {$maximum['width']} by {$maximum['height']} pixels. Uploaded image is $image_width by $image_height pixels.";

    if ( $image_width < $minimum['width'] || $image_height < $minimum['height'] ) {
        // add in the field 'error' of the $file array the message 
        $file['error'] = $too_small; 
        return $file;
    }
    elseif ( $image_width > $maximum['width'] || $image_height > $maximum['height'] ) {
        //add in the field 'error' of the $file array the message
        $file['error'] = $too_large; 
        return $file;
    }
    else
        return $file;
}
?>