--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/12/08 23:00:47	1.976
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2008/12/09 11:32:03	1.977
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.976 2008/12/08 23:00:47 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.977 2008/12/09 11:32:03 amueller Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ package Apache::lonnet;
 use strict;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Date;
+use Image::Magick;
+
 # use Date::Parse;
 use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir
             $_64bit %env %protocol);
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ use LONCAPA::Configuration;
 my $readit;
 my $max_connection_retries = 10;     # Or some such value.
 
+my $upload_photo_form = 0; #Variable to check  when user upload a photo 0=not 1=true
+
 require Exporter;
 
 our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
@@ -2011,6 +2015,14 @@ sub clean_filename {
     return $fname;
 }
 
+#Wrapper function for userphotoupload
+sub userphotoupload
+{
+	my($formname,$subdir) = @_;
+	$upload_photo_form = 1;
+	return &userfileupload($formname,undef,$subdir);
+}
+
 # --------------- Take an uploaded file and put it into the userfiles directory
 # input: $formname - the contents of the file are in $env{"form.$formname"}
 #                    the desired filenam is in $env{"form.$formname.filename"}
@@ -2137,6 +2149,25 @@ sub finishuserfileupload {
 	    return '/adm/notfound.html';
 	}
 	close(FH);
+	if($upload_photo_form==1)
+	{
+		my $ima = Image::Magick->new;                       
+            	$ima->Read($filepath.'/'.$file);
+		if($ima->Get('width') > 300)
+		{
+			my $factor = $ima->Get('width')/300;
+             		$ima->Scale( width=>300, height=>$ima->Get('height')/$factor );
+		}
+		if($ima->Get('height') > 400)
+                {
+                        my $factor = $ima->Get('height')/400;
+                        $ima->Scale( width=>$ima->Get('width')/$factor, height=>400);
+                }
+ 
+		
+		$ima->Write($filepath.'/'.$file);
+		$upload_photo_form = 0;
+	}
     }
     if ($parser eq 'parse') {
         my $parse_result = &extract_embedded_items($filepath.'/'.$file,$allfiles,