Resize and align a picture within a div

Question

How can I resize and align a picture within a div?

I need to show resized images on a 50x50px div. I also want them to be centralized on the div. I've made this image below to show exactly what i want to do.

The problem in that the CSS needs to work when the image is larger on width, and when it's larger on height.

I've found this solution using max-width or max-height, but it only works for one option (larger width, or larger height):

div.img-crop-thumb
{
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.img-crop-thumb img
{
    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
    left: -50%;
    max-width: 30px;
    height: auto;
}

Answer 1

Here is my function for this (PHP). Although I do loads of dynamic image file calls

function remoteFileExists($url) {
    $curl = curl_init($url);

    //don't fetch the actual page, you only want to check the connection is ok
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);

    //do request
    $result = curl_exec($curl);

    $ret = false;

    //if request did not fail
    if ($result !== false) {
        //if request was ok, check response code
        $statusCode = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);  

        if ($statusCode == 200) {
            $ret = true;   
        }
    }

    curl_close($curl);

    return $ret;
}

function pictureResize($imgDest, $width, $link){
    $default_pic = "default location"; //set a default image if none exists
    $exists = remoteFileExists($imgDest);
    if ($exists) {
        list($w_orig, $h_orig) = getimagesize($imgDest); //get size
        if($w_orig > $h_orig){ // if the width is greater than the height
            $ratio = $w_orig / $h_orig; // get the aspect ratio of the image
            $newWidth = $width * $ratio; // make a new width size
            $margin = round($newWidth/2); // find the margin
            $thisPic = '
                <div style="height:'.$width.'px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; width:'.$width.'px;">
                <img src="'.$imgDest.'" height="'.$width.'px" style="position:absolute; left:50%; margin-left:-'.$margin.'px;" /></div>'; 
        }else{
            $thisPic = '
                <div style="height:'.$width.'px; overflow:hidden; width:'.$width.'px;">
                <img src="'.$imgDest.'" width="'.$width.'px" /></div>'; 
        }
    }else{
        $thisPic = '
                <div style="height:'.$width.'px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; width:'.$width.'px;">
                <img src="'.$default_pic.'" width="'.$width.'px" height="'.$width.'px" style="position:absolute; left:50%; margin-left:-'.round(($width/2)-1).'px;" /></div>';
    }
    return $thisPic;
}

This doesn't center the height but it will center the width. Call the image like so...

pictureResize($imgDest, /*set an int value for size*/, "set a string for location");

I hope this will at least point you in the right direction

Answer 2

Use CSS3 background-size: cover.

Here's a working example: http://jsfiddle.net/HBPRv/.

And you can read the documentation here.